Can We Talk 2

Extended Family Gatherings

         I've tried pushing some first cousins to pick a date for dinner or a Saturday with a place to gather. I will bring my elderly father from 70 miles north of them to their town at their convenience. I have two aunts (widows of my blood uncles) in that town that I would like to visit with us. Only one of these cousins is flexible and sounds anxious to meet.


         The others just won't commit. They claim they want to. The one who is flexible wants his sisters to be there. It's even harder to arrange a family reunion with other relatives. Most of the others are at my end of this distance. We're not getting any younger. I think it would be nice to get together one more time, take some pictures for future generations and catch up with each other.

         I'll give them a little more time. Then Dad and I will just set up something with his sisters-in-law for a lunch meeting. Skip the cousins. I want this to happen. We aren't getting any younger or healthier. Maybe we're being too flexible and accommodating. I may just give a date, and if they can't come, they can just complain.


         I don't know if the others just don't care, like being in control, or don't want to make decisions. I'm tired of going to funerals for people I haven't seen in years, when we were all so close when we were younger.

         Summers are for family gatherings. I'm going to keep pushing.