Summer is the best time to travel when you’re a kid. You’re free from school and it’s fun to travel even to places that are familiar. Here we have Jean’s cousins Diane and Kathie Delahunty. Their parents are Gilbert Thomas Delahunty and Clara Elizabeth Bourscheidt. Clara and our Pop (Frank Burd) were siblings. So they are cousins to our Jean. Both Diane and Kathie were born in Evanston where their father worked for the Republic National Life Insurance Company. They have an older brother not pictured here named Thomas. He is10 years senior to Kathie, having been born in 1931.

I know the time I have spent with my cousins was precious time. You don’t realize it at the time, but it can be some of the best memories of your life; this gathering of family. Our cousins are often the first friends we have as children. Cousins are the best of both worlds, family and friend all at the same time. Cousins are friends that will love you forever. Distance and time can not break the bond you have with them. No matter how long a time between visits a cousin will pick up right where you left off from your last visit.

May my cousins know how appreciated and loved they are.