Nov 29 2008
I like being part of a big family
When most people mention holiday gathering and family in the same breath, it usually involves a brawl either physical or verbal at the holiday gathering. I am so glad that when its time for a holiday gathering, that I am part of a unique family.
My unique family all live with twenty miles of our parents, so we gather often. Many are holiday gatherings but sometimes a group of us will gather for other things. There are many people out here in this world whose families are split to the far corners of the world for various reasons and I am so glad ours is not. When I lived in
South Korea, I felt so lonely without them.
The Thanksgiving holiday gathering was not an exception, as we all gathered in one place and it was peaceful for the most part. Even the noise that was present was happy noise. We had eight little ones from seven months right up to almost 2 years old, and there were seven kids of preschool age. Nine kids from six years right up to seventeen and forty adults. That’s 64 people, and there were 14 of us not there. Big family, yes, but two of those adults were my parents and the rest were their offspring.
