The family reunion I went to today didn’t have great attendance but there was an excuse. See, this thing started in 1960 and families have shrunk because fewer kids, and the older generation passing. My folks used to be the second generation and all but four of that cousin group are gone. And tomorrow there will be a funeral of another of those cousins so they weren’t here today. We will all see them tomorrow though. It was still a good time and I had to hurry to get a small piece of the chocolate cream pie I made as it got snarfed up. I even heard a joke, with someone saying if they had been at home with the pie tin they would have licked it. Still, lots of good food and I won’t eat anything else tonight because my blood sugar climbed. It was worth it.
My sister, being the family genealogist, had all the photo albums and had printed off a new copy of the family tree. For several years she had brought it to spread out on a table, and encouraged folks to make changes or additions, this time she put a picture by each name that she had a photo for. I love the picture of my materal grandmother, it was her high school graduation pic. She had small buns on either side of her head and the first time I saw it I joked “Princess Leia!”
So tomorrow I will see a number of those we missed today as my sister and I will be attending the funeral. The woman was a cousin of my mother. The grandparents of my mother had recently passed in 1960 and their three sons were sort of the heads of the different branches. When my aunt passes, she being my mother’s younger sister, it freaks me out to realize I myself will be the oldest in this branch, followed closely by a cousin who is about seven weeks younger than I am.
What kind of berries? I love berry picking, or any fruit. I am sad that two nearby huge mulberry trees have been taken down. I would make pies or icecream. The latter was a gorgeous purple color.