Having had enough of it, my mother decided to go downstairs one day and see for herself what the fuss was about and probably start being a better sister. Not to be disappointed, they did manage to make her feel welcome into their extended family circle. Honestly, this menagerie was a little too much to take in for a thirteen-year-old. However, their assuring presence grew on me and by the end of the summer, our relationship had grown from passing acquaintances, to letting me walk out of the gate without scaring me with their sharp pair of horns! This year, in the midst of the raging second wave, when our airport taxi pulled over before my grandparent’s gate, we received a surprise welcome from the retinue of my wide-eyed bovine aunts. Later, I would be told that their appearance at the gate on the day of our arrival was a real miracle; since they hadn’t been sighted in over six months, until that day! Guess family works in strange ways, sometimes, even when they are cows!
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