we did that with both parents side of the family, and alternated holidays which ones we went to as a kid. then when we moved just 30 miles away and we kept it up for a couple of years, then my folks slowly got to where we didn't go. it got to the point that me and the brothers had to beg them to go and that fell on death ears.
now i and my better half, my youngest brother and his family go across the road to our mom's, the middle brother who moved just 40 miles away doesn't hardly ever come down or call. but they go across the road to her mom house, who always has a big ol shindig. people who ain't even related come to those.
he married a girl whose parents like ours lived on farms, and bought land net to theirs and like ours all the farmers around have given the land to their kids who have no interest in being farmers and selling out to land developers and now we have hundred house plus subdivisions popping up everywhere. 1/4 acre lots or less with only maybe 8 foot between some of the homes.
lucky for me and my youngest brother, nobody can get closer 1/4 mile on one side, and 1/2 mile on the other three.
needless to say, time is not on our side, no it ain't
now i and my better half, my youngest brother and his family go across the road to our mom's, the middle brother who moved just 40 miles away doesn't hardly ever come down or call. but they go across the road to her mom house, who always has a big ol shindig. people who ain't even related come to those.
he married a girl whose parents like ours lived on farms, and bought land net to theirs and like ours all the farmers around have given the land to their kids who have no interest in being farmers and selling out to land developers and now we have hundred house plus subdivisions popping up everywhere. 1/4 acre lots or less with only maybe 8 foot between some of the homes.
lucky for me and my youngest brother, nobody can get closer 1/4 mile on one side, and 1/2 mile on the other three.
needless to say, time is not on our side, no it ain't
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