I'm sitting here this morning, trying to wake up and thinking about the salad I'm going to make to bring to my brother's for a family party.
More of us will be together today than have been able to gather in a while. Mac is not working, and our nephew Jake and his bride Jess are coming up from NC.
But, in my anticipation, I'm sensing a gap. Even though it's been years, it's weird to get together with family and not have Dad there or Mom. I mean, I'm used to it I suppose, but I notice it nonetheless.
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I know - not only is it strange not to have any of our parents around (it has been years for my husband and I, too) but other family events have caused our remaining family members to scatter like the wind. We have no one local - Jim and I were just reminiscing about the Memorial Day parties his sister used to host. I can vividly remember the year I had the best watermelon of my life at one of her parties... I used to complain that we never had the chance to just sit around and do nothing, and now that we do, I miss the get-togethers - warts and all.
Pam C.
Because many of my family have worked in retail, and many of them have full baseball schedules, getting together at this time year is rare for us, too. I don't have a lot of Memorial Day weekend memories.
Yesterday's is rare and wonderful.
No warts! Only Stewarts! ;)
Funny-- I don't recall a Memorial Day "celebration"...basically, it always rained and I think after so many years of dealing with that, we just decided not to plan anything.
Our tradition was/is to celebrate those who selflessly served our country--and get a bunch of gardening and outdoor chores out of the way before the weather turns upward.
Hope you had a wonderful gathering. The photos are awesome!!
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