Last weekend my brother became an official Fireman (that's him to my right) and it
seemed like I was the only in the family that was not able to go. I was
actually kind of dreading seeing the photos from the occasion because I knew it
would make me sad I was not there. I was not prepared for the fact that my little sister (the breathtaking blonde in the red dress) had made a cardboard cutout of me and from the photos you see here, I actually
made it and had a great time!
From the photos I see that I attended the whole ceremony as
well as enjoyed dinner and drinks (even margaritas) late in to the night.....
Here's my Dad, my Brother the Fireman, my too cute for words
Sister and me in between them where I belong. I was laughing so hard looking at
these I almost forgot about how sad I was that I couldn't be there.
With great modern communications these days, living across the World from your family does not mean the same thing it did even a couple of years ago. I can Skype and email my family members and I can get an instant response back. The other great thing about this situation has been teaching my Grandmothers how to use these technologies and seeing their faces light up when they can see and talk to me in my new house in a country they have barely even heard of. They have done pretty well with all of these virtual chats, but from the look on my Grandma's face in this photo my "presence" at this weekend’s event may have been too much.......
