Of Christmas And Aged Parents...

[hantsbear]

Well, I'm cat sitting over Christmas.  It doesn't look like I'm going to have a permanent job until the new year now, and even if I did I'm not sure I'd have the rail fare down to Crawley to take up karendunn's offer.  However, madamemish has offered the use of her manse over the festive season, on the understanding I feed Mad Frankie.  I'm sure I can drum up some turkey for him...

Dearly Beloved Aged Parent has been getting used to a new sensation lately; he's getting to know his cousins.  His last remaining aunt died a week or two ago; coincidentally, I had received a communication from one of his other cousins through Genes Reunited a month or so before that.  So, last week he went to the funeral and met three cousins he never knew he had.  Which, coming from a family where I know all of my cousins live and all of my uncles and aunts are still alive (it's just a mother I'm missing - grrr!) seems strange to me.

Comments

[grimmbear.livejournal.com]

I feel bad every time I read something like this. My parents died when I was fairly young so I never got to have these issues all of my friends are having. I feel sad for them and their problems but a twinge of guilt that I don't.

[brainlessangel.livejournal.com]

I find this problem exacerbated by having Catholics in the mix. You end up with an extended family which includes about a third of the human race.

I have second cousins who I know of but have never met, and probably others who I don't know about. Due to a family schism, I have *first* cousins who I haven't seen since we were small children.

Mad Frankie is lucky to have good company over Christmas. I hope he appreciates you.