Intimate Family Get Togethers

I haven’t been paying much attention to this blog for the past two weeks, so please forgive me. I have been working on several projects and for some reason, mine always take a back burner.

Yesterday was the 4th of July and we attended what I thought was going to be a family get together of the immediate family of my husband’s. When most people think of a family get together they think 5-10 people. Well our immediate family on my husband’s side totals 20 if we are all available at one time. Our “intimate” family get together of 20 turned into 45 and was so not what I bargained for. Couple the 45 with the fact that it rained like cats and dogs the entire evening and you have one little introvert who was totally out of her comfort zone.

I tried to make the best of a bad situation (in my mind) and really stretch myself and get to know others. So I scanned the soaking wet yard and focused on those standing alone, away from the crowd. On the outer edge of the crowd, I met Earl, who is a furniture salesman in York, PA and he had alot of wisdom about life in general. Then I met Angel, a single mother of two, who works full-time and attends college full-time. She was a hoot and when we talked about her life and her future plans, her eyes lit up brightly.

While I could have stewed over my anger of my intimate immediate family get together of 20 turned 45, I decided to make the best of a bad situation (in my eyes). I took some time to get to know others and I was blessed by the experience. But when I came home, I crashed and burned and sleep came more quickly than usual. But you know…it was worth it.

Some final thoughts…not only was the company of fellow introverts fantastic, but the fireworks were spectacular and the caliber was totally unexpected, considering we were in someone’s backyard. My husband and I usually take our son to a professional fireworks display every year on the 4th of July, but from now on, I think I am going insist on attending this intimate family get together of 20 turned 45. Who knows…maybe next year we can up it to 70!

July 5, 2007 | Filed Under Introverts 

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2 Responses to “Intimate Family Get Togethers”

  1. Heather @ Desperately Seeking Sanity on July 5th, 2007 12:47 pm

    WTG!!!!!

    Anyone from York HAS to be a good person… :)
    So glad you had a good time! :)
    H

  2. Sally on July 8th, 2007 6:55 pm

    Sounds like how my neighborhood so-called intimate gatherings turn out…

    Glad you had fun!!!

    I remember my first day of high school in a big public school. I was really nervous and my mom told me to just look for someone standing alone and go up and talk to them (because they are probably just as nervous as me and would welcome the conversation). She was right. I went up to one girl that was standing all alone that first day, she ended up being one of my best friends.

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