Per Linda:
This post is part of Just Jot it January, and today’s prompt comes to us courtesy of my friend, Kim. Check out her blog here!
Family is the most important thing to me. If I had my choice I would live with everyone in a cave, my adult offspring most important, my husband is too. But masses of cousins all over the place and I miss all of them! We all used to live in one area. My grandparents were two doors from each other so we got to see all the relatives on Sundays.
What I only recently figured out was my cousins’ other grandparents were not where mine were.
I thought everyone had it like me. And most of my relatives went to the same church. My dad’s dad helped built the church. His wife and he were known in the church as Mom and Pop. So I was related to everyone. All the kids had my grandma as their primary teacher. We all learned to read The 23rd Psalm and the Lord’s Prayer from her.
My grandparents and parents are no longer with us, but we cousins are still here.
My biggest problem is a phone phobia that keeps me from calling. I know I’ll answer in a minute if they call me but deciding I’m calling now seems impossible.
So among other things I’m working on family is my primary goal.
I love my family, even the non-blood related ones, chosen extended family.
Thanks for the shout out, friend! That must have been so cool, growing up so close to your family! You should surprise one of your cousins with a face time call!
I plan to. We all keep telling each other we need to stay in touch. Guess I need to gird up my loins and get a boatload of courage. Just do it!
That sounds like a wonderful way to have it when all the family is close by. Then gradually things change, which is sad. For us, we moved away due to the Army sending the Mr., and then some passed away, and others moved on. I miss the old days though.
Same here. My ex’s job moved us and the family either passed or moved.😢