Yesterday we had a Father's Day bbq at our house, cooked up bunches of food, served up bunches of drinks, generally had a wonderful time at The Castle. As I looked around at our guests I had to smile: in attendance were my Mom & Dad, of course, my three girls, Beren's 2 girls, my ex-husband #1 with his fiance and her son, and our friend Greg with his wife and children. At various points during the day people would leave to go visit other families; Strider and Kali and his crew went to see his dad, Lily and Bambi went to the movies with theirs. It was an open house of sorts, from noon til about 7 pm. I just thought, here we are, the epitome of a "blended family," and we're doing a helluva job at it! There are no ill feelings, no drama; everyone gets along so well, laughing and eating together, sharing old memories and making new ones.
It was, quoting Beren, "a beautiful thing."
4 comments:
That is exremely special and perhaps rare. How lucky and wonderful for you and all of them. We had a BBQ too with 14 people. It was a beautiful day and we were all outside in the new gardens. My dad's 88 and is still going strong! Thanks for reading his poem.
MOI, it sounds like you had a wonderful day as well! :)
Sounds like a great celebration. Ours was a lot more low key, think the most excitement we had was when ants ate the cake!
But that will be a post for another day.
What a melange!!
I'm glad it all went smoothly.
xx
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