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Just things I wonder about ... and some people are nice enough to answer. You are welcome to answer, too ... just click on "Comments" and off you go! IF you don't want to be Anonymous, use the Name/URL option and just put in your name ... no URL required .... Starting Jan 28th, 2009, I am using questions from "Table Topics: Right or Wrong?"
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The gathering could be anywhere, anytime as long as my Daddy, Mom and sister (all deceased)and all of the rest my family were there. I only get to see everyone once a year at best and, even then, not everyone can make it. My parents and my sister left giant holes in our family and it would be great to have them back again, even if only for a day. I would also love to have my good friends with me so they can finally see why I'm so cool (b/c of my amazingly cool family) :)
In additional to my Cindy & Robbie - I would want my parents (now gone) and Cindy's parents (also gone), and all my siblings and their kids. I will let Cindy decide if she wants her siblings.
Mom, Her husband, dad , his wife, paternal grandparents, maternal grandmother (died on Christmas day when I was 9), maternal grandfather, Doug's family before they went insane, Bubby, Ash, Brett and Doug. Becky and her family.
And of course .... SANTA!!!
It would be in a large home near the coast. I would want both of my grandmothers and my aunts and uncles who have all passed on to be with me. I would also dearly love to have my mother in law and grandmother in law there. Then all of the family still here that we don't get to see often and the friends who we love dearly. See I'm needing a VERY LARGE home! Then I would want time to sit still like it does in a photograph and capture us all there for days.
Food would automatically appear and clean up all by itself. We would not need to sleep and there would be no illness or sniffles. Hey, I think I might be describing Heaven on earth?
Timing for the question today is quite sweet. My dear Uncle Tommy passed away a year ago today and I have been thinking about him and his family quite a bit this morning.
Many hugs to all of you.
It would be anywhere as long as my Mom, Dad, MIL, FIL, and all my brothers and their wives and children and Steve's brothers and their wives and children could attend. Of course, none of us would have to do the cooking so we could all spend time together, but "The Chef" would have all of our Mom's best Holiday foods. There would be a huge tree and lots of packages under it containing special gifts that you couldn't buy because they would be from the heart and something really significant between the giver and the receiver. My children never got a chance to meet their amazing Grandmother (my Mom) and that alone would be so special. And they were so young when Steve's Dad passed away, it would be great for them to get to know him. We would gather at sunrise and it would go on and on! and we'd take hundreds of photos and videos. And as the clock struck midnight, we could start the day again! The Endless Holiday! Wow!
I got today's blog late this evening after a long productive day at work. I was touched to read my wife's response and it perfectly encapsulates what I would have wished for, only she articulated it probably better than I could and I am pretty good with words ya know... :-)
I would like to have the gathering in the mountains, I think .... maybe at a huge chalet where we all get our own rooms but there is a huge gathering area with a nice fireplace and lots of comfy seating. There will be a bartender and a constant supply of all kinds of food.
There will be board games set up and a video game area ... all within the huge gathering area ... so people young and old can play and laugh.
I would have Tom's parents (deceased) and all his brothers and their families ... I would have my parents and brother (deceased) and my siblings and their families ... and Tom and Robbie and me.
I think I am going to write a story .....
I prefer a quiet day. Family and a few friends. No pressure for the "perfect" day. Just the bunch of us together laughing.
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