Late Monday Greetings! I hope you all had a fabulous 4th of July weekend and are recovering nicely.I had a great time with my family this weekend and my younger brother flew in from NYC to join us. His girlfriend joined us from way up North (READ: Canada) as well. Despite the fact she claimed to be vegan, she dabbled in some meat this weekend and even ate a little pork this evening. Holidays still make me a little sad with my father being in another state. I called him and after hung up, I cried. I am convinced that divorce is harder to deal with when you are an adult. That’s not to say it isn’t hard as a child; goodness knows so many friends of mine struggled with the weekend juggle of having two different bedrooms. Anyways, it’s hard no matter what age.
I dislike that my family is so scattered especially around the holidays and we may be even more scattered shortly. My brother is thinking about quitting his perfectly good job in NYC and moving to Canada to be with his girl for a while. He’s convinced it’s the right thing and she has thrown in many “hints” this weekend that the decision may be more than solidified.
My mother, father and I think the idea is ludicrous and are very distraught as to why he would think it would be a good idea, especially in the economy. He’s old enough to make his own decisions but it’s very foolish. And this sounds selfish I know but I would prefer not to have any more family scattering.
Not really sure what to do as we have said our piece and he’s flying back to NYC tomorrow. A scattered family is still a family but don’t know how much more scattering this family can take.
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I can totally relate to having a scattered family. I can remember on Thanksgiving my grandpa looked around at all of us and saying that when he died we wouldn’t gather anymore. Sadly, he was right and we are all scattered here and there. Thank goodness for Facebook and a techie bunch of relatives.
Still…I feel your sadness. I hope your brother really thinks on his options before he does anything rash.
Thank you so much Susie. That means so much! Thank you for stopping by!