Growing up, I had my parents, my siblings, a few sparse cousins and that was it for family. My grandparents had all passed except for my mom's mom and that is a whole long story...but for the most part...extended family was limited. I think that's why Isabelle having a relationship with her extended family is so important. Last weekend, when my brother and his family and my sister and her son came to my parents and we were all together...it was a bit hectic but extremely comforting. They are my family....they are Isabelle's family....I am SO lucky and Isabelle is SO lucky to have them all. She will get to know her cousins...it's so important to me.
This pic is of that weekend...my dad was talking to Avery and my mom was reading to Isabelle. It was so great to see. I'm very very lucky.
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She reallly is lucky. I was just thinking the same about Ella this morning. She's growing up with her older cousin. My next oldest cousin lived on the West Coast and I always wished she had lived closer.
I just wish I could have given Ella a full set of grandparents.
Your parents must be so flattered that you dote on them so much on here! It's a good way to let them know how much you appreciate them!
Love the picture on your flickr of Isabelle in the cage.
And what is up with Avery STANDING!? He's too little...
my dad's mom is my only living grandparent, and man is she a piece of work, so i hear you on that front. luckily when my sister and i were little, my mom's parents were alive and we spent a lot of time with that side of the family (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins).
this got me thinking, though, that in a weird way having that supportive extended family presence in your youth sometimes makes it that much more difficult on you when it fades away - you know, because time is time and it can't last. my sister got married this july, and my cousins and i ended up talking about how hard it was to convey what was lost when my grandparents died and our family no longer had that anchor.
i dunno. i'm free associating here, so i don't mean to be a downer! i think in the long run, it's much better for kids to have had it and lost it then to never have had it at all.
end of ramble.
Did your book club decide to read "Memoirs of a Geisha" yet?
Let's hope you actually make some decent picks this weekend and give me a little competition in the pick'em league this weekend, sunshine.
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