tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173509801114364154.post965677408736512660..comments2024-03-17T04:14:05.997-05:00Comments on Sam, Coffee, Money, & Thyme: Circle of LifeSAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16485146123969622896noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173509801114364154.post-6613243390654780002017-02-13T10:25:41.275-06:002017-02-13T10:25:41.275-06:00I do have a good time with my siblings, and have b...I do have a good time with my siblings, and have been known on occasion, to enjoy in limited doses, DH's brother and sister as well. I actually really get along well with his cousins and aunts, who are about the same age as my oldest siblings. SAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485146123969622896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173509801114364154.post-32425028684467396322017-02-13T09:28:37.401-06:002017-02-13T09:28:37.401-06:00We've all just grown apart, but not so much in...We've all just grown apart, but not so much in distance. I wouldn't know this particular cousins children if I saw them, and we live 20 minutes away. SAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485146123969622896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173509801114364154.post-22862912249897178222017-02-13T09:27:38.435-06:002017-02-13T09:27:38.435-06:00Good for you for keeping the effort up, since you ...Good for you for keeping the effort up, since you all enjoy it still. I was a lot younger than all cousins, so it was my 2nd and 3rd cousins I grew up with, before my grandma died, and a couple I am in regular Facebook communication, and an occasional lunch out. SAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485146123969622896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173509801114364154.post-26541229749723001652017-02-13T09:26:38.944-06:002017-02-13T09:26:38.944-06:00Jon and I are both orphans, he is an only child an...Jon and I are both orphans, he is an only child and I have a younger single brother so no in-laws or kids - we can go for months without seeing each other but have a great time when we do. x<br />Vixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173509801114364154.post-42775451195556239722017-02-13T09:26:14.771-06:002017-02-13T09:26:14.771-06:00I wouldn't mind a big reunion, but when it is ...I wouldn't mind a big reunion, but when it is difficult just getting immediate together, the planning seems like a lot of effort. I tried with a third cousin a couple years, but we gave up. My sister holds a big 4th of July (Independence day) picnic, and it is open invitation, Occasionally an cousin will join. SAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485146123969622896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173509801114364154.post-22785454772685934572017-02-13T09:24:39.722-06:002017-02-13T09:24:39.722-06:00Some of the closeness or lack there of, stems from...Some of the closeness or lack there of, stems from my parents relationships with their siblings. This particular cousin's mother, my dad's sister, never really got on well with my mom, so there weren't get togethers after my grandma died, other than a rare occasion, weddings, funerals the very rare reunion. I still see cousins on my mom's side, even though I am a lot younger, because my mom had a close relationship with her sister, and her cousins. SAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485146123969622896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173509801114364154.post-28020276111956249192017-02-13T09:20:41.095-06:002017-02-13T09:20:41.095-06:00I think in life, we have to spend time with and on...I think in life, we have to spend time with and on the people that enrich our lives. I don't think it is a bad thing when families drift apart, and jsut the way it is.SAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485146123969622896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173509801114364154.post-51457609076415675572017-02-12T20:03:51.401-06:002017-02-12T20:03:51.401-06:00My grandparents & all of their siblings lived ...My grandparents & all of their siblings lived close by when I was growing up. Now that my grandparents have passed, my parents still live close. If we were in Washington, we would see them for the family reunion, at least once a year. And, typically at the grocery store, pharmacy, post office. . . ;-) We're remote. People think we're very "big city".Hawaii Plannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04760426766801381563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173509801114364154.post-16303747768581268482017-02-12T13:15:59.016-06:002017-02-12T13:15:59.016-06:00We have a family reunion each year that is mostly ...We have a family reunion each year that is mostly made of my maternal grandparents grands and great grands (My cousins and their families) . Only my mom and her brother remain from the oldest generation) I do talk to one cousin just about every week, see another on a regular basis, and the rest I see only at funerals or the reunion. Surprisingly everyone makes a real effort to attend the reunion at least every other year. (And the older I get the shorter the time feels from one year to another) Now that all of my cousins are grandparents, when we are together there are 4 generations represented There is also a huge extended family Thanksgiving celebration, but I only make it there about every 3 or so years.Anne in the kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533249631969001657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173509801114364154.post-5733655796694503472017-02-12T12:29:14.536-06:002017-02-12T12:29:14.536-06:00It's difficult! I'm organsing a family pi...It's difficult! I'm organsing a family picnic for my father's side of my family in July. We last had one in 2012. Not everyone came but those who did all want to come this time. What is noticeable though is that both in 2012 and 2017 the trigger for a get-together has been a death. I'm the person who makes by far the biggest effort to stay connected with everyone. I send everyone a Christmas card although and although many don't bother to send me one, everyone tells me they appreciate my efforts. Frugally challengedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222391810215537820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173509801114364154.post-64588074988232553712017-02-12T11:43:47.468-06:002017-02-12T11:43:47.468-06:00I've never been close to extended family, part...I've never been close to extended family, particularly on my Dad's side of the family. As a forces child I rarely saw my grandparents, let alone anyone else. I wouldn't know any of my cousins on my Dad's side if I passed them in the street, and only 2 of those on my Mum's side. My girls are not close to their cousins either, as a result of J not being close to his brothers. It works for us; we avoid family dramas for the most part :)Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729719876504930455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173509801114364154.post-14583163309557954392017-02-12T11:09:46.028-06:002017-02-12T11:09:46.028-06:00All of my family is in the USA except Mom who I se...All of my family is in the USA except Mom who I see all the time and sister whom due to tons of issues no longer talk to. On hubby's side now that his dad is passed and Mom has alzheimers and we moved away we don't see any of his family except funerals. Sad but just the way it isCheapchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158208632054014311noreply@blogger.com