Cousins, cousins, cousins… aunts and a few uncles too
We were just at a family reunion with 48 far-flung members. Bunches of kids running around, eating mac and cheese for a week straight and not a vegetable in sight. Late nights, late mornings and fairy palaces built in the woods.
The teenagers slept all day, counted their zits, played badminton and talked (yes, actually held conversations) with the adults.
The adults made the rounds of the cabins, leisurely checking in with the other gray-haired-ones, assessing life’s ups and downs (thankfully, mainly ups) and just hanging out.
No phones. No internet. Hardly anyone even opened a book or a newspaper. Pure down time.
August 18th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
We just had a family reunion and it sounds like it was a lot like your but with tons of crying and babies needing to be fed and grown ups dying to get away so they could have one decent conversation! I enjoyed seeing all the generations mix but it really was kind of stressful. I guess in a few years when we look at all the great pictures and forget about the tantrums and whining, we’ll be really thankful to have made the effort to spend time together!