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Extended family get-togethers are great. That reminds me ... gotta do lunch with my cousin before I move! Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation bangs on the door forever!
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My fraternal family used to do this once a year, then it ended for reasons unrevealed to me, prob some family hassels we children were not supposed to hear about. We had a family reunion in '78 with a lot of organization by several family members, drew 400+ out of about 800+, was talc of it being yearly, but never happened again. Now, over 1/2 of my generation is gone, other 1/2 scattered, so in a way we are no longer a family. My maternal family used to do a get together anytime a distant bro or sis came visiting the family home in Te as, but when granny died, no one really interested in doing the same with the 2 grandpas, step or natural, and so again, we scattered & really are not a family any more either. This hits home now, cuz all day I have been reconnecting with my maternal cousins, as we have a family legacy to bring to an end. Was painful & joyus at the same time, one cuz I hadnt spoe to since we were both 7 yrs old, another I have never even met, as he is older than me, and was out of his dads home when I was little. Another I lost when his mom, my aunt died, and now was good to hear from him too! But we are all in both branches of my family to strung out to ever have a get together again, unless at a funeral.
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what a wonderful sounding picnic. My mom's side of family is having a reunion next year but it is on the coast and there is no way we can afford to travel. My dad's side is mostly local, but we tend to only see each other at funerals. We really should do something together just for fun.
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Sounds like a great time... my extended family is so small that we could never do a reunion and while my biological father's is.... there's that explanation for a 50 year old newbie that hasn't been hashed out yet! Glad you had fun!
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I'll have to look into that book... I will. And that part about family hits home given what I'm going through right now. Straight to the heart. Thoughts from the Garden...
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Dirty Pretty Things is also a movie and there is a trailer on YouTube plus you can buy it on Amazon. The heart scene is priceless. (Virtual Symposium Group) use Virtual Symposium Group
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Dirty Pretty Things is also the name of a band. I was hoping there would be another 'Old Farts' do in my area this year but nothing has been pasted on FB.
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Dirty Pretty Things, or Pretty Things? Yes, two different bands. S.F. Sorrow is a classic Pretty Things album. Listen to Truth Begins...a track by Dirty Pretty Things.
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I cannot imagine it as a movie either but I bought it on my kindle so I could keep it after my niece told me about it. I LOVE this book...………… god I want to meet you...………. You cannot conceive the many without the one.
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