Mostly this is a family post, plus food. That's because I returned a few days ago from a long anticipated reunion with six of altogether 13 first cousins who came from various parts of the country. Sadly, four of those thirteen have passed and two couldn't make it, but it was a good lively group, full of funny stories, revealed information and tons of photos and home movies.
We gathered at Donna's house in Palm City, Florida, a beautiful home with lots of space to move about. Her gracious husband David vacated so as to leave us cousins alone with our memories and keep it "clean", I guess, of any interfering personalities. It wasn't necessary and he did return for an evening when we all went out to dinner. To add to the conversation was an elaborate genealogy David had worked up and bound for each to take home with us.
Well, dinner in Florida can be a fabulous experience. So much seafood, eaten beside the water with soft breezes blowing through our hair. Menus that offered so many choices made it difficult to settle but any choice was awesome. My new favorite is Conch Fritters. I love the seafood restaurants in Fairfax County and given an option will choose one of the best of those rather than a beefy grill. So of course I was in dining -out heaven because we always chose a seafood place wherein to hang out. Some of our favorite memories growing up were shared weeks in the summer at the New Jersey seashore, fish being a large part of that.
I've not seen these dear ones in a very long time and didn't realize how much I carried my love for them and theirs for me, into our mature adult years. To add to the fun, some of them look like me or my mother. Well they should, right?
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