I don't know what its like to not have an extended family. Aunt so and so, cousin whomever… I am blessed to have a huge support network of family. Today we got together for a long overdue family reunion. I believe we counted a total of 45 people. Seems like it was just yesterday that we were either having christmas or easter meals at the church. Here we all were probably almost 20 years later with a bunch of new members. All the kids had little new families of their own. Me included.
I am blessed to have such a family network. As I watched the kids play, I realized that this is likely the last time we are all together. We are all getting older, our lives more expanded. Calling everyone home for a meal/ get together is more and more challenging. I try to think of what if we wait another 20 years? I guess my point is, I need to remember what I have now. Spend more time with the people I do have in my life. In another 20 years some of us won't be here. We need to celebrate the family (whomever we call family) while we have these precious years.
The #1 question asked of me is "do you have family close by?" Im proud to say "yes, yes I do."
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