That's me and the women that raised me: Aunt Leta, Mom and Nana
A week of fun in the sun with my family left me seriously sad to come home. My grandparents had their 60th wedding anniversary this year and brought all of us together to celebrate with them.
Aunt Leta, Nana and Papa, Me, Lihn and Asia after Charlie's BD dinner
Other really awesome stuff that happened while we were there:
1. Jay and Nez became engaged!!!!!
2. Charlie turned 30 over a delicious dinner and evening with friends and family we saw old friends like Jeff and Tara Ziecheck and Charles Corbin!!
3. Pete met much of my extended family.
It was a blast. We all stood in front of my grandparents and told them what we have learned from them that has made an important impact in our lives. From the bottom of my heart I said:
One big thing that has come to me as I've been pondering what to say to them is how they have been
such involved grandparents in our lives. So many of my friends don't understand what that is like. Their grandparents are people they had to put their nice clothes on for and visit on weekends or a weekend per month. But Nana and Papa have always been there and always involved. Though I'm sure they wouldn't have minded if we put our nice clothes on for them and brushed or cut our hair for them. (It might have spared us some comments.) Sometimes their level of involvement
was to my dismay when I got in trouble and had to hear it from too many adults. Other times I felt the luckiest because I received praise and support and kisses from so many. The lesson for so many of us has been the importance of being close with each other. That has trickled down from Nana and Papa. Perhaps had they been more distant, our mom's would have been more distant and we, as kids, wouldn't have been together so much. Our lives would have been very different in many ways. I feel very lucky and blessed to have grandparents who always have been and are still very aware of most things that are going on in my life. They care. They inquire. They express their opinions....their concerns....their pride. This has been very meaningful to me and taught me the value in a strong family community.
The whole ceremony was awesome. My youngest brother couldn't make it because of bad weather in Dallas. My older brother stood to my left sobbing quietly. It was soooooo sweet. Everybody spoke from their heart to N&P in front of all their friends and our extended family. It was a fun party followed by a brunch the next day and a huge passover sedar the day after that.
Good times.
Tara and her sweetie Brett--T-dog's my lady from high school. We were joined at the hip for years.
Shannon & Shannon--Other good friends from high school. along with Mel Tiz we lived together in our first grown-up home rental.
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