My mom’s side of the family had a reunion planned for this weekend; then, one of my uncles died unexpectedly from a heart attack, 😦  so they arranged the funeral for the same weekend. It was a doubly joyful and sad occasion, but it was so nice to see cousins I haven’t seen since my brother’s funeral more than two years ago … and some even longer than that. I could have hugged them for hours! I thought that I would write this week’s poem about family reunions:

Gotta hug your neck —
Never enough time to chat!
Don’t be a stranger.