Lucky Me

On Thursday night I went out to eat with my three sisters and one brother.  I really can’t remember if the five of us, without other relatives, have ever done such a thing.  It was low-key, comfortable, and fun.  Today, eleven family members are riding a rented van to Chicago to pick up my brother’s daughter and tour the places where she has worked this summer.  This week is hectic but nice.  And I believe that all the genealogy research I’ve done this past year makes my family even more special to me.