Happy Times

Coming right after Xmas birthdays seemed to be pushed to the back corner but not in our family. Many if not most of our immediate  family have birthdays in the first three months of the year. As a child who had a birthday on Jan.5th it was so close to the Xmas celebrations that it was almost forgotten. Maybe a cake was on tap but that seemed to be the ordinary. Today our family use every event to get together and celebrate. On one date Feb.9th we have no less than three of our family celebrating a B`day.

With our grand children growing into adulthood we realize that dates are more important than ever as it will be increasingly more difficult to get the gang together.Yesterday we had a birthday for our 23 year old granddaughter. Her mother had a spaghetti dinner and a home made cake. Megs loves chicken wings so we brought some for appetizers and they were enjoyed by the group. There are little touches that are special to each of our family and being rich and dedicated to traditions you better make sure that we carry on in the proper way.

During the year we have about twenty family days related to B`days and because of the date or geography the number of attending family members varies but the celebration is held anyway. I hope that this tradition is passed on to the next generation.It is very  rewarding for us to sit back and observe the close relationship that exists among the members of our family as a direct result of these gatherings.

Years ago when we were younger families pretty well stayed together in a more restricted geographic zone so this type of social interaction was normal and expected. With the shrinking of the world because of the need for families to be spread all over the country ands indeed the world we have to work at keeping the family spirit alive and benefit from these Happy Times.