Thanksgiving is coming up and I’m none too pleased. Thanksgiving used to be fun when we were a big family growing up. My mom’s the oldest of 6 girls and I’m the oldest of 10 cousins so when I say big family, I mean big family. It used to be a blast when we would all get together and catch up. Most of my aunts and uncles live in the Houston area along with my mom’s dad so most of the time, we’d head down there. Everyone would take turns helping to cook and get things ready. Certain families would get assigned certain dishes or desserts to bring. It was the good ‘ol tyipcal Thanksgiving dinner like in the movies. As we grew up, my mom and her sisters started getting into arguments here and there and because of this one would often not speak to another for months. It made getting together for family functions difficult and awkward. The cousins were growing up with school activities and social schedules of their own so that was also a contributing factor in the extinction of family Thanksgivings. Now I sometimes don’t even get to see my immediate family members on the holidays. I guess that’s what happens when you get married and have kiddos. Your holidays are split between the new family you’ve created, your husband’s family, your family and things can get kind of hectic. It sometimes makes me wish I was 7 again.

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