Comments on: Life is Good: When You Have Too Many Family Members http://stopdropandblog.com/2008/12/12/life-is-good-when-you-have-too-many-family-members/ The Family Side of Fire Life Thu, 24 May 2012 12:36:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Barbara Baker http://stopdropandblog.com/2008/12/12/life-is-good-when-you-have-too-many-family-members/comment-page-1/#comment-5062 Barbara Baker Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:11:02 +0000 http://stopdropandblog.com/?p=791#comment-5062 I only wish I knew how that felt...no sob story intended, but because there is no family (besides hubby, the kids and I) it kind of gets sappy at times. My husbands family died 9 years ago (1 month apart); father and mother...no siblings. My family (2 sisters and my mother) disowned me, my children and my husband because we "weren't at the same level of Christianity" they beleived we should have been. So when it comes to the holidays we get kind of depressed. We try to stay happy for the kids and everything, you know, showing our happy faces to them but when it's just my husband and I, it's enough to bring us tears. We are just sad because the one thing we want more than anything is family. We want, need and miss that family gathering during the holidays. I am sorry to hear about the loss. I lost my father 19 years ago (at age 16). I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and Happy New year!!!! -barbarabaker :) <abbr><em>Barbara Bakers last blog post..<a href="http://bananasandberries.com/blurbs/my-christmas-tree-last-year" rel="nofollow">My Christmas Tree (last year)</a></abbr></em> I only wish I knew how that felt…no sob story intended, but because there is no family (besides hubby, the kids and I) it kind of gets sappy at times.

My husbands family died 9 years ago (1 month apart); father and mother…no siblings.
My family (2 sisters and my mother) disowned me, my children and my husband because we “weren’t at the same level of Christianity” they beleived we should have been. So when it comes to the holidays we get kind of depressed. We try to stay happy for the kids and everything, you know, showing our happy faces to them but when it’s just my husband and I, it’s enough to bring us tears. We are just sad because the one thing we want more than anything is family. We want, need and miss that family gathering during the holidays.

I am sorry to hear about the loss. I lost my father 19 years ago (at age 16).

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and Happy New year!!!!
-barbarabaker :)

Barbara Bakers last blog post..My Christmas Tree (last year)

]]> By: Zoey http://stopdropandblog.com/2008/12/12/life-is-good-when-you-have-too-many-family-members/comment-page-1/#comment-5000 Zoey Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:15:31 +0000 http://stopdropandblog.com/?p=791#comment-5000 You hit that right on - the holidays are all about family and friends. What what a super thing to have to 'complain' about. Sorry to hear about your grandfather - time helps soften the hurt, but it truly never disappears. I found that I remember my mother at Christmas by sharing stories of some of the wonderful and/or funny things she did with my dh and sons - that really helps. You hit that right on – the holidays are all about family and friends.
What what a super thing to have to ‘complain’ about.

Sorry to hear about your grandfather – time helps soften the hurt,
but it truly never disappears. I found that I remember my mother at
Christmas by sharing stories of some of the wonderful and/or funny things she did
with my dh and sons – that really helps.

]]> By: Kendra http://stopdropandblog.com/2008/12/12/life-is-good-when-you-have-too-many-family-members/comment-page-1/#comment-4372 Kendra Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:09:22 +0000 http://stopdropandblog.com/?p=791#comment-4372 My family and my husband's family live TEN HOURS apart, and every year so far, we've gone to both places! There are going to be a lot of unhappy family members when some kidlets enter the picture and we tell everyone that our kids are going to wake up in their own house on Christmas Day. It's exhausting to travel all week, and there is no way I'm doing that with kids! My family and my husband’s family live TEN HOURS apart, and every year so far, we’ve gone to both places! There are going to be a lot of unhappy family members when some kidlets enter the picture and we tell everyone that our kids are going to wake up in their own house on Christmas Day. It’s exhausting to travel all week, and there is no way I’m doing that with kids!

]]> By: Alex P. http://stopdropandblog.com/2008/12/12/life-is-good-when-you-have-too-many-family-members/comment-page-1/#comment-4325 Alex P. Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:07:46 +0000 http://stopdropandblog.com/?p=791#comment-4325 Sorry to hear about your grandparent. Just this past October I lost my second grandparent on my dad's side. I lost my grandmother several years ago. Christmas wasn't really the same after that. Sorry to hear about your grandparent. Just this past October I lost my second grandparent on my dad’s side. I lost my grandmother several years ago. Christmas wasn’t really the same after that.

]]> By: - Are You Riled Up? - » Blog Archive » Stop, Drop and Blog » Life is Good: When You have Too Many Family … http://stopdropandblog.com/2008/12/12/life-is-good-when-you-have-too-many-family-members/comment-page-1/#comment-4247 - Are You Riled Up? - » Blog Archive » Stop, Drop and Blog » Life is Good: When You have Too Many Family … Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:45:15 +0000 http://stopdropandblog.com/?p=791#comment-4247 [...] As I was grumping and grouching about this before Thanksgiving rolled around, it finally struck me how truly lucky we are in this way. In essence, I was complaing that… we have too many family members. …[Continue Reading] [...] [...] As I was grumping and grouching about this before Thanksgiving rolled around, it finally struck me how truly lucky we are in this way. In essence, I was complaing that… we have too many family members. …[Continue Reading] [...]

]]> By: Kim http://stopdropandblog.com/2008/12/12/life-is-good-when-you-have-too-many-family-members/comment-page-1/#comment-4189 Kim Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:57:41 +0000 http://stopdropandblog.com/?p=791#comment-4189 Ain't that the truth. We have no family near us. Christmas, for us, is without any family. It makes me very sad. But when we fly thousands of miles in the summer, I end up complaining about having too many people to fit in. I'm gonna take your lead and stop complaining. Life IS good and we have loads of people to share it with. Even if we don't get our family at Christmas. <abbr><em>Kims last blog post..<a href="http://www.diapertheirfaces.com/?p=682" rel="nofollow">It Takes Two To Tango…</a></abbr></em> Ain’t that the truth. We have no family near us. Christmas, for us, is
without any family. It makes me very sad.
But when we fly thousands of miles in the summer, I end up complaining about
having too many people to fit in.
I’m gonna take your lead and stop complaining.
Life IS good and we have loads of people to share it with. Even if we don’t
get our family at Christmas.

Kims last blog post..It Takes Two To Tango…

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