Cousins
So, 4/5ths of my family of origin are on Facebook now, including my Dad. If any of you aren't on Facebook yet, you should try it out. I was resistant to it at first, but Gen soon turned me over to the dark side and now I spend probably half an hour on Facebook every day. Dang, is it ever a blackhole, except that it is so neat reconnecting with people you haven't seen for years. I've been on since November, but all of a sudden, folks from my graduating class have started trickling in.
I think the person I was most tickled to "friend" on Facebook was my cousin Bobbi Jo. At least, I think we're cousins...her grandma is MY grandma's twin sister. Does that make sense? I can't ever figure it out past first cousins. Donna probably knows. Anyway, Bobbi and I had lots of adventures back in the day, out on our grandparents' farms in heavenly southern Minnesota. Those were the days. I went to her wedding I think and saw her a couple of times in Mankato, but hadn't seen her for years. Way too long. Anyway, Facebook got us all caught up.
It got me thinking about my cousins. I have just a few. Actually, I have two on each side of my family. Isn't that kind of sad? I always wanted to be from that family that had tons of cousins, but my mother has one sister who had two and two of my dad's three siblings didn't have kids. Still...I think we were all close growing up, despite age differences. I know that I loved spending time with them and have a lot of great memories of holidays and visits, vacation to the Black Hills, etc.
Anyway, these are people who share my blood and it saddens me to think that we don't keep in touch like we should and that, with so few of us, we can't just be a family. Why is it that the people we should be closest to are usually the people that we have the most problems with? Is it the shared family history? I seriously want to know...
Have a good day, cousins, wherever you are. Keep in touch.
I think the person I was most tickled to "friend" on Facebook was my cousin Bobbi Jo. At least, I think we're cousins...her grandma is MY grandma's twin sister. Does that make sense? I can't ever figure it out past first cousins. Donna probably knows. Anyway, Bobbi and I had lots of adventures back in the day, out on our grandparents' farms in heavenly southern Minnesota. Those were the days. I went to her wedding I think and saw her a couple of times in Mankato, but hadn't seen her for years. Way too long. Anyway, Facebook got us all caught up.
It got me thinking about my cousins. I have just a few. Actually, I have two on each side of my family. Isn't that kind of sad? I always wanted to be from that family that had tons of cousins, but my mother has one sister who had two and two of my dad's three siblings didn't have kids. Still...I think we were all close growing up, despite age differences. I know that I loved spending time with them and have a lot of great memories of holidays and visits, vacation to the Black Hills, etc.
Anyway, these are people who share my blood and it saddens me to think that we don't keep in touch like we should and that, with so few of us, we can't just be a family. Why is it that the people we should be closest to are usually the people that we have the most problems with? Is it the shared family history? I seriously want to know...
Have a good day, cousins, wherever you are. Keep in touch.
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We even have our own family message board which gets a lot of daily traffic. It's crazy!
Donna: Part of the problem may stem from the fact that your Facebook name is Donna DeFpr...unless there's some strange reason you leave the "p" in there, how does anyone find you? There's an option to enter your maiden name too, I don't know if you've done that, just in case your high school friends are looking for Donna K.
I'm glad you and your cousin re-connected. That's fun!
Anyways I want you to know that i enjoy reading you're blog and will try to keep in touch . Keep on typing .
Cousins--I have a whole bunch (like over 50) on Dad's side. Mom's side I have 7. Guess which side was Catholic? I love my cousins. There are some I probably would not ever come in contact with if we were not related but I enjoy their uniqueness. I find it amazing how one can see the same values come across in the relatives and also physical traits.