We are Family

As you all know, I spent a week with 4 of my
children, spouses and 2 of my grandchildren…
We had a ball.

Before this vacation, we were what we considered
close. But we did lead our own lives, doing our own
thing. After all, most of them live from 400 miles
to 2,000 miles away from the King and I. We have
one of the family, local. That being my daughter’s
family. And even though we call in from time
to time, we also do our own thing.

We do have get togethers one a year or maybe two.
Each of us, know the others are there if needed.
But I think this vacation may have brought us a little
closer.

As this weekend and week, one of our 12 group,
was so sick she ended up in the hospital. Not once
but 3 times. And without an instant of hesitation,
we sent flowers from Idaho and Washington.

Before we would have found out after the fact,
As that is the way of our family. Don’t want to
bother anyone. But Facebook has changed that.
As we found out right away. In the past when we
found out, we sympathize but that is about it.
If one of us finds out first, we tell the others
and then there are phone calls.

It isn’t because we don’t love each other, as
that is not true at all. There is a great love
in this group. I guess it is, we just don’t
think of it. Now we did/do. Maybe especially
with this person being the newest to the family,
we know her better now and we wanted her to
know she means a lot to us too.
We are family…..