Family Reunion

Yes, my last time was when my daughter, granddaughter and i traveled to our home state because of a illness. We moved away 12 years ago she had visited a couple times but i didnt. Its was july 4th weekend. A cousin of mine arranged a small famly gathering. When we pulled up in the yard there they were all these hillbillies sitting in the rain under these canopys having a picnic. I laughed and told my daughter "only in this family will you see this".

Oh yes....but I missed the last one a few months back. I am part of a huge family....my parents have 8-9 siblings....and some of their kids have their kids. We are scattered all over the globe and the country and most of the time, we can't make it together for weddings even. Co-ordinating a re-union is also touch with different countries having vacations at different times and working relatives unable to get off from work...etc. A few months back, a cousin of mine (from the US)celebrated his son's birthday in our native town....though I was am in the same country, I couldn't make it. It was a sort of reunion since all other cousins, uncles and aunts from around the world were able to be there...but I couldn't:(

Family reunion, is something very pleasant. For several years now, I do not gather with the whole family. I really miss them all. I really hope that one day, could attend a family event.

My family tries to have a family reunion once every two to three years. Whenever we are able to do this, it is never a small event because of the fact that my dad's side of the family is quite large. The last reunion that we had was last year in June and it was a lot of fun because I had the opportunity to see some of my cousins that I hadn't seen for several years. Prior to that it was in 2007 at my aunt's house in Arizona. It seems that we all get together more often now that my aunts and uncles are getting older.

My family is very small, so we are pretty much close together, the only family I have far from us leaves in Cuba, so it's been years since we've seen them, since it is so difficult. But we try to spend as much time with the people we have around us, we try to meet at least once a month and get a small get together in each others houses, with our busy life and schedule it gets difficult to see each other more often, so we at least try and make a promise that once a month we will meet.

We often celebrate a reunion in my mother's side for maybe twice a year. I am so surprised when I meet some relatives whom I did not know for all my past life. That is what the reunion's purpose is for me. Having a reunion even just once a year is important especially for us who have our own families and life now. We seldom celebrate reunion in my father's side due to the great distance among our relatives. Maybe somehow, we can still reunite even just once a year.

MY family is big, but we never really had a gathering dubbed as a "reunion." It was always birthdays, weddings, and other special occasions. I'd like to have that, a yearly family gathering, celebrating not any holidays or special day, but celebrating togetherness. However, that's also very hard to do as we have relatives far away. My mom has got 6 siblings, and some are married with kids. I have more brothers and sisters on my fathers side, and loads more of cousins, but we have never really communicated.

I always happy when the time come and we set up some reunion with my family. Like you, me and my family all leave in difference cities too and I always exciting when our fimily have a reunion together. I just hear form a friend that they will have family reunion because one of the family member wedding. I see they realy happy to wait thet momment. That's why I think every people must be happy with family reunion.

My family get reunion every year. There is a festival called Spring Festival in my country and when it comes, all the family members will come back from their work and get together to celebrate the festival. Every year, there are millions of people traveling the country to go back home. I like to get together with my family very much. Every family member will share their experience to all of us and there are so much fun to listen to the interested things happens to others, in the other cities, and even other countries.