I think we have had our quota. Two family funerals in 15 days and as we attended a funeral today we learned there was a second cousin that had passed away today of cancer. The old adage “In groups of three.” May that be true. There was a time when I thought all my parents were doing in their spare time was going to funerals and now I am in the position where they were. It is hard to believe that I am now part of the generation that is leading the charge in the families. Whatever contact I now have with my cousins it is on me to be a participant when events are scheduled and I have awareness of them. On my Father’s side there were twenty seven cousins – twenty three are remaining. On my Mother’s side of the family there were twenty six cousins. Today as we gathered at a funeral on my Father’s side of the family we should have been wearing name tags. We were the cousins that played tag in the night hours while the adults were visiting. We caught fire flies and rubbed them on our clothes to see how long the light would last. We have lost a sense of commonality over the years. It’s not impossible to reconnect but we need to do it other than attending funerals. It is a sign of the busy times and it is indeed sad.