THESE WORDS…
Last night, I foned my folks back in Pinas. They had a party over there thrown by my maternal grandmom - Pilar for her 81st birthday. From the sound of their voices (and from the noises on the background), I could say that they had one awesome family reunion!
…and I on the other line, turned green with envy. Wishing we were there. =)
My Uncle Jimmy of Bulacan, Tita Ellen, their children (my cousins), and the kids of my cousins were there. And so as my Uncle Tony of Ibarra Street in Sampaloc and his family. I tried to speak with them all even for just a couple of minutes for each of them.
My Tita Alice who came to our house since Thursday to help my Mom with the cooking was there also. And so as my Bro’s beau who I have learned has a relative in Tacoma, an hour drive away from the city where we live here. Her name by the way is Cheery. Her aunt is petitioning her to get here and so I told her…”small world eh!”
The foods were (I am sure) plenty and mouth-watering! …considering that my folks, my Bro, and my Tita Alice prepared them. You see, I come from a family of greeeaaatttt cooks (which I never got, sad to say).
On the other hand, even though I wasn’t there with Kate and VJ for my Lola’s birthday, just hearing them over the phone made me smile and think….I really have one excellent family! Even though there are times that we do not get along well so to speak, and times when we do not see each other that often, we still manage to spend quality, quality time when we get together.
Gee…I really can hardly wait for that time when I visit them with my small family here because for sure, I will also be throwing one grand reunion for both my maternal and paternal clan!
