OK, so again it's been a long time. 
In March my daddy passed away. I did get to see him before he passed so that was a blessing. I miss him very much.
The funeral went better than expected....since there was a 1st family and a second family. I'm part of the first. I'm the oldest of the first family and the oldest of the second family has animosity toward me. We did not grow up together, and technically she's her daughter and not my dad's but she seems to think she's in the lead for something. LOL
At the 4th of July gathering we had last year (2009), she made the mistake of dissing me in front of my dad. All I had done was request her address so that I could keep in contact with her. She refused to give it to me....along with the inference that I was not part of the family. My dad blew up at her and let her know in no uncertain terms that if she did not give it to me he would. She gave it to me. All of us sitting there just looked around at each other. Everyone was stunned that she'd done that. I'd never had a disagreement or argument with her or anything. I don't know what the deal was. Anyway.
My brothers three boys and their families were at the funeral. I had not seen his middle son since he was a little boy. I had never seen any of their kids.
My sister was unable to make it. She has a lot of physical problems and is afraid to leave the house. She is bleeding like I use to. I'm so thankful I got that taken care of while I had good insurance.
I did get a lot of pictures and put them together for her in a card. Pictures of my dad in the casket and the flowers and all the family that she has not seen in years. All my cousins were there. It was good to see everyone.
We all decided that the 3rd Saturday in June would be our reunion. We thought it would be nice to get together without a funeral being the reason. So, this last June, on the third Saturday, we all got together at my cousin Bob's parents house that he grew up in. His parents have passed on and do not live there but Bob and his family came up from Texas to work on the house and have the get-together. Not everyone was able to make it but there were quite a few. It was nice.
Work has been really busy....that's good. I'm tired though. Through the week I get very little sleep then on my day off, Saturday, all I do it sleep. I've been getting to the Havdala (a meeting marking the end of Shabbat) service though with my group on Saturday nights and that's been nice. A quiet time of Torah study and conversation and reflecting over the goodness of the Lord.
In March my daddy passed away. I did get to see him before he passed so that was a blessing. I miss him very much.
The funeral went better than expected....since there was a 1st family and a second family. I'm part of the first. I'm the oldest of the first family and the oldest of the second family has animosity toward me. We did not grow up together, and technically she's her daughter and not my dad's but she seems to think she's in the lead for something. LOL
At the 4th of July gathering we had last year (2009), she made the mistake of dissing me in front of my dad. All I had done was request her address so that I could keep in contact with her. She refused to give it to me....along with the inference that I was not part of the family. My dad blew up at her and let her know in no uncertain terms that if she did not give it to me he would. She gave it to me. All of us sitting there just looked around at each other. Everyone was stunned that she'd done that. I'd never had a disagreement or argument with her or anything. I don't know what the deal was. Anyway.
My brothers three boys and their families were at the funeral. I had not seen his middle son since he was a little boy. I had never seen any of their kids.
My sister was unable to make it. She has a lot of physical problems and is afraid to leave the house. She is bleeding like I use to. I'm so thankful I got that taken care of while I had good insurance.
I did get a lot of pictures and put them together for her in a card. Pictures of my dad in the casket and the flowers and all the family that she has not seen in years. All my cousins were there. It was good to see everyone.
We all decided that the 3rd Saturday in June would be our reunion. We thought it would be nice to get together without a funeral being the reason. So, this last June, on the third Saturday, we all got together at my cousin Bob's parents house that he grew up in. His parents have passed on and do not live there but Bob and his family came up from Texas to work on the house and have the get-together. Not everyone was able to make it but there were quite a few. It was nice.
Work has been really busy....that's good. I'm tired though. Through the week I get very little sleep then on my day off, Saturday, all I do it sleep. I've been getting to the Havdala (a meeting marking the end of Shabbat) service though with my group on Saturday nights and that's been nice. A quiet time of Torah study and conversation and reflecting over the goodness of the Lord.
