My Thoughts

A few months back I attended my first family reunion ever on either side, see this post and it was an adventure to say the least. The reunion I attended was on my mom’s side, preferably my Grandmother’s dad family the Freeman’s. So in about a month or so I will be attended the first reunion on my dad’s side of the family, his mother side. This will be something else as well.

First and foremost, the idea or better yet, the official planning committee got together the last Saturday in July to lay out the plans. I was elected the secretary and reluctantly the treasurer. (I don’t like dealing with other folk’s money.)

Secondly they want to have the thing on Labor Day Weekend. That only gives us a month or so to get all the plans in place. We are set a price of $50 a family but really some of the family like myself only have one or two people in it while others have 3 and 4 kids plus a spouse. I figured this is just a jumping off figure so we will adjust it for the following year.

Third since the window is so short we won’t have t-shirts or a family tree tracing, at least I don’t think we will, because there won’t be enough time to get it done. It is going to be in my dad’s hometown, Double Bayou, TX which is about 30 miles outside of Anahuac, TX. It will be interesting see my grandma’s old house which is supposed to be a part of the reunion; a tour.

It’s so ironic or maybe coincidental that I would go from having no family reunions to having two in one year. Hopefully, things will go smoothly, but I know that is a pipe dream since some of the best laid never go smooth. We also have a plan that two weeks after this reunion we will start planning the next one.