Now we have a future visit from his son to plan, that will be in August. I have another favorite neice who is not related to the other neices except through my marriage. She is my oldest brother's girl and is about 10 years older than the oldest on my husband's side. She really wasn't part of my in-law's life since she was married and involved with her own in-laws and also lives some distance away. She is beginning to feel left out and I am not sure how to handle it. No one is deliberately omitting her but they don't know her. How do we make all the years gone by different? Don't think it can be done. I don't really know her in-laws either and they have many family things that I hear about but am not included in (thankfully). I try to talk about those things so she will recognize that we are connected but have closer inner circles that surround us. Sigh.
Life - see what I mean? There it is again and honestly, it is grand. Here's a picture of the centerpieces from the wedding. I took one home and it is as lovely as when we first saw it.
