I'm a Grape

This weekend I compared myself to a Grape lost in a sea of Oranges

No I am not going crazy

It was family reunion time

And well lets just say I am different than most of my dads family

Since my dad's official diagnosis - one of my cousins along with my brother put together a family reunion for this weekend & it was all weekend long at the lake close to my parents

cancer is an unpredictable road, and although I am optimistic that he can do well, I sense he has different feelings

It was a pretty good weekend, and I am grateful that almost everyone was there - as most drove or flew some distance to be here.

It was funny though - I felt the same this weekend as I did when I was a little girl & teenager. 

Every gathering with this side of the family, I would latch myself to my moms side and hope that no one noticed me or talked to me.

I felt safe there

And since my sweets wasn't able to be there for most of the weekend, I took my usual spot next to my mom

My whole life the only greetings some of my uncles have had for me is "why you so stuck up", "you look mad are you mad", "you think your better than everyone", "I saw you looking at me, pretending to look at your mom and then pretending not to see me"

ahhhhhh - nothing has changed - those greetings were all there again

I had hopes for a simple "Hi" or "Hello" maybe even a "Hey good to see you"

but alas - nope - not to be

oh well

As I said It was a good weekend and I am glad that my dad was able to see everyone and everyone was able to see him.  It was nice to see cousins that I have not seen in almost 20 years - funny how we all still looked the same only we just had a couple extra little folk hanging around us.

Today we spent the day resting & getting ready for the busy week ahead

Hope you all had a great long weekend & Have a great week everyone