Re: Do You Visit Family?

VanSleepy · ‎10-05-2010

We and all of my parents' combined 14 siblings lived close so there was a lot of visiting. At my mother's side's homes, it was coffee and the Bible; at my father's side it was whiskey and poker lol

All my adult life I did not have any family near me. Visiting was once a year and it was mainly just to see my parents.

CANDLEQUEEN · ‎03-09-2010

When we were younger, we would take one big vacation a year, sometimes they were road trips, other times we would fly. Every other year however was a Family Reunion on my dad's side of the family, and to this day we still have a Family Reunion every other year in a different city on my dad's side of the family-so much fun!!!!!! Now my siblings and I all live in the same city, so we all see each other pretty frequently-there are 4 girls and one brother, so two weeks ago my one sister had a Fish Fry at her house and we all came, along with our kids and grandkids, so it was really fun-we also get together for Thanksgiving, 4th of July and Christmas!!!My mom's side of the family lived about 3 hours away in Michigan, and we would see them often-at least once a summer......I love having a close-knit family, that doesn't just see each other for weddings and funerals...You have to make the effort, but you have so much fun, and you show your children how important Family is, because you want it to continue.........

Bridgegal · ‎03-09-2010

@bootsanne wrote:
We used to visit when my parents were alive, There was 6 of us kids with big age differences. Even though we were a large Italian family, I only had 3 aunts and uncles and only 3 cousins. Of us 6 brothers and sisters, only 3 are still alive and one in pretty poor health. My brother and I have tried to maintain relationships with nieces and nephews but it hasn't been easy. I guess when you get older you see the shortness of days ahead, but the younger family members do not see this. I miss the days when people used to talk--actually talk--instead of texting. Ironically, when we do have a get together, we have a great time. It just gets harder and harder to get people to visit.

Interesting that you said this. We live 1500 miles from my home and my nieces are always telling me that we have to move back because they want to spend more time with me 'in the time that I have left'. I'm 71. I tease them about saying that but I know what they mean and it warms my heart that they feel that way. It is also one of several reasons that we are considereing moving back. I want to spend more time with them and my great nieces and nephews too. ' In the time that I have left.'

GCR18 · ‎07-03-2013

Growing up, my father took my sister and I to visit our paternal grandparents everyday for an hour. It was longer on weekends. My mother took my sister and I to visit our maternal grandparents a couple times a week after school. As a family, we had all holiday meals at the maternal grandparents house.

My father was an only child. We never met any of the paternal extended family. My mother has one brother. They stopped talking about thirty years ago. We grew up hanging out with him. He moved far away after grandma passed in 2000 with no forwarding address. Haven't seen him since. The rest of the extended family lives overseas, we've never met.

The family is very small, just the immediate family. My sister has two teenagers. I moved with my job, so I'm the one to travel to family. We are as close as we can be at the current time. I just returned from a visit last weekend.