Here We Go!

The family reunion has started with chili at our house. It started with THIS in October and will end next Saturday! There are fourteen "children" in my husbands family (ten boys and four girls) The youngest is only a couple of years older than my oldest daughter.

What made this family so special was probably many things but Mom was the heart of it. Mom was always the one who opened up her home and her heart to anyone. Who always made room at the table for "extras", who always had kind words about everyone. We started "family reunions" when she was sixty-five and had one every five years for her birthday. I couldn't have loved her more if she had been my birth mother. At this reunion she will be missed but part of her will be with all of us always. We will raise our glasses jn a toast to her and probably sing a verse of "You Are My Sunshine" in her honor.

I didn't take pictures of the gathering at my house tonight because I was busy relaxing and enjoying the family. All the work is done and only the fun is left! Here we go!

Always Wandering, we will be thinking of you!