Date: Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 at 6:06 pm | Category: Family Matters

Some say big families are a thing of the past….sometimes I wish it were so.   For the most part, it’s a wonderful experience…everyone together…playing cards, having (always) dessert with coffee or a “Demand Sunday” appearance.  But, there are times that living on a deserted island without a last name or a connection to anyone that has privy to all your darkest secrets and/or failings would be preferrable.   It can be a real pain when you are identified by the actions and statements of other members of the same family or by your “past history”.  One or the other is sure to brought up in the competitive field know as “family dynamics”.  Your identity, sometimes gets lost in the hubbub and chaos of a family gathering…especially if you are an “out-law” not a blood relative.

Then, comes the tentative time, a birth, death, divorce, legal altercations… when your needs far exceed anyonelse’s and suddenly….the quiet….like the inside of a hurricane descends on the family.   The phone calls, texts, emails, facebook entries all come directly to you…..”What’s wrong?…’What can we do?”…’I'll be right there.” and the catch all “How many people are we feeding?”  You are the center of the universe, surrounded by all the planets in you solar system…..and suddenly, it clicks, the reason for the necessity of this large, DNA extravaganza that is called ”family”.   Sometimes, you can’t live with them….but never can you live without them!!!

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