Celebrations abounded within my family and friendship circles this weekend like a box of fireworks!
One daughter and family went to north Texas camping ( and came home a 'little' early due to this early summer Texas heat!) and the other daughter and her family headed to the south for a celebration at a Texas beach!!! But both enjoyed fun, food, and fireworks!!! Even Bella (remember the yellow lab that really is a doggie-person!!) and I went for a ride to see the city's fireworks from a distant! Just beautiful!
It takes a holiday for us to get together with family and friends and that's good.. and it's bad. The good? At least they are on the calendar to remind us to plan these events. But the bad? They don't come around enough for some of us who really enjoy this family pageantry! So we should make up our own holidays just for family and friends to come together! How about a "Third Friday of the Month"? Or how about "Celebration of BBQ To be Enjoyed Inside In The Air-Conditioning" (keep in mind we are going through 100 plus degree days in Texas already!!)? We could really get crazy here but the idea is the "get together"!!
My brother who lives in Utah brought his 20 yr.old daughter (who goes to college in Puget Sound, WA) in last weekend so Lauren could meet her Texas clan. Both my daughters and their families were here and Lauren had the chance to meet cousins she had only known through emails! It was a wonderfully wacky, wild three day weekend with food, BBQ, board games (boy! this family is competitive!!), ice skating, and Rick even drove her around the old hometown and all the sights!!!! We are hoping she WILL come visit again!
All of this has just brought to light like one of those BIG fireworks......it's so nice to have family and friends that love the companionship that these relationships are there for!
You write beautifully, right from the heart and experience. Told you.....a writer is in you just trying to get out. This experience with you and Bella going to the fire works was like I was in the car with you. How about a blog for Bella along with her picture.
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