So being from the south I just happen to come from a very large family, 13 on my Mom's side and something like 11 or so on my Dad's, unfortunately we weren't as close to my Dad's side as my Mom's.
Most all of my cousins are close in age and so during the summer we spent alot of time hanging out together and driving the parents crazy, some of us were closer then others, but I would say we all loved each other. As we got older some of us moved away while some stayed in the general area and over time we only saw each other on the rare occassion.
Well a few years ago upon our Grandmothers death we all vowed to be better about staying in touch and not letting so much time pass before we gathered again or at least not let the gathering happen because of a funeral.
Emails were exchanged, phones numbers updated and off we went our seperate ways.
And while I did try my best to stay in touch I found the others not so willing, so I finally let it go and went on with my life.
When my Dad died back in June of 2006 ( I miss you Dad) once again the family all gathered and everyone agreed, again, we really should stay in touch, I just smiled and nodded while the bubble above my head said "yea right". I did not even make the attempt, I knew better.
So last week I finally created a Facebook page, and no sooner had I finished completing the few steps and my account activated when I was bombarded by "Friend" request from almost my entire family.I was startled, shocked and amazed that they were ALL on Facebook. It was as if they had all just been waiting for me to catch up and get with the program. I begrudingly accepted each "Friend" request, thinking the whole time, you can't stay in touch by any other means then this?
While the bubble above my head said "yea right".
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