Found another fun meme to partake in. Head on over to Your Friend From Florida..... for other participants. Here is a medley of questions you may choose to answer on your Wednesday blog. There aren't any rules and there is no obligation. Link up if you want to. I'm doing this to fill my Wednesday and if you are interested, then I invite you to join in!! It might be fun!!
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National Cousins Day on July 24th recognizes the lifelong relationships that grow among cousins. Our first friendships often form with cousins as young as infants and endure a lifetime.
Whether cousins grow up together in close-knit families or only see each other occasionally, they share shared memories through grandparents, aunts, and uncles. At family gatherings, cousins entertain each other and get into trouble together, too. They celebrate birthdays and might even blow out the other’s candles to their cousin’s annoyance. When their siblings irritate them, cousins become an ally. Sometimes cousins seem more like siblings, especially if they’re only children.
As cousins grow up, watching their children grow reminds them of their youth. The cycle starts over.
The day celebrates every age of cousins – new baby cousins and cousins whose babies are all grown up!
HOW TO OBSERVE
Gather up your cousins and take a photo. Send a text to your cousins who are too far away. If you need to hear their voices, give them a call. Reminisce over the good times. Be sure to laugh about those things that didn’t seem so funny at the time. Post photos on social media using #NationalCousinsDay.
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Aunt and Uncle’s Day is observed annually on July 26th. Through holidays, special family events and sometimes sleepovers, aunts, and uncles often hold a special place in our hearts. They fill our lives with fun, laughter, love and incredible memories. National Aunt and Uncle’s Day provides an opportunity to spend time with those relatives we trusted and leaned on growing up. It would be an excellent time to get out the old photo albums. Look through the pictures, and relive the memories of earlier days around the Christmas tree or at the 4th of July picnic or maybe at the beach vacation that included those special aunts and uncles in your life. Get together with your relatives and create new memories. Remind them of all the reasons you enjoy having them in your life. Celebrate the lessons they’ve taught you and share them with the next generation.
HOW TO OBSERVE
On National Aunt and Uncle’s Day contact your aunts and uncles. Remember all the value they’ve added to your life and tell them about it. Share a meal, write them a note, help them the way they once supported you. Take photos with them and post them on social media using #AuntAndUnclesDay
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1. What can you tell us about your cousins, please, or someone who is close like a cousin? I love my cousins! Which one do I want to talk about... hmmm... Tammie and Darla (sisters)... Tam and Dar.... growing up I was closer to Dar, doing lots of things with, and in our grown up years got closer to Tam, but still close to Dar. I love getting together with them... now just need some of their sewing genes to rub off on me! Here is one of us from a few years back... and the other pic I have of us, also includes our other cousin Wanda, who lives in Alaska, this was taken the last time she was in town and we all got together, and I just found out she will be in town next month!! Yay.
2. Do you still see your cousins and will you contact them on National Cousins Day? I do still see them.. well all but Wanda as she is too far away!
3. Terri had a favorite aunt and uncle she will tell us about. How about you? I have 2 favorite uncles... sadly both are in heaven now. Uncle Roger, and Uncle Lenny.... miss them both!
4. Did/does your family have reunions and can you tell us about them? We used to many, many years ago... now adays we just don't get together, and more or less not all get along...so its better we don't.
5. If you have children, are they enjoying relationships with their cousins, aunts, uncles? My youngest does hang out with his cousins, my oldest not so much.
6. Tell us something random about your week so far. Its a crazy week at work, as I am getting back in the swing of things after being on vacation. And the heat wave has broken, its been a pleasant week, and so much better sleeping weather!!
Nice photos of the cousins.
ReplyDeleteOh, we are having much cooler weather as well and it has been awesome! Distance affects so many of our family relationships these days. Good to catch up with you.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining the Medley today and writing about your cousins, aunts, and uncles! Love the photos and I'm glad you and so many Meddlers are still having relationships and get-togethers!
ReplyDeleteWe are enjoying a nice week too, weatherwise. So glad you are able to get together with your cousins. I enjoyed your answers and photos. The cousin I was closes to passed away last year very suddenly, so enjoy your time with them.
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