I survived my first Fourth of July family reunion with my mom’s side of the family, without my mom.

We have a big family reunion every year-unless there’s a wedding or a bat mitzvah. Last year was my sister’s wedding in May. Then our family and my mom’s sister’s family spent Fourth of July weekend together in CT. That was our last vacation with my mom. The last time I saw her out of the hospital. So I knew this Fourth would be tough. Thankfully, my mom’s side of the family is…um, what’s a good word? Wacky? Boisterous? Crazy? Really Jewish? I mean, how you can you be sad when you’re amongst a crowd of 30 relatives all wearing these pins?

Yes, we wore these in public…proudly.

My mom’s maiden name is Million. Yes, she grew up as Kitty Million and never did porn. Pretty amazing. Even more amazing: six of of those Jews tipping over in their canoes. My father, whose athletic abilities don’t go beyond golf and bowling, tipped the first canoe. We were all close together and he thought he’d use my sister-in-law’s canoe next to him for a push off. This started the Jew Klutz Domino Effect.

My father and my sister tried to help and soon they tipped over. Then my father, in a state of panic, tried to climb in my poor cousins canoe and tipped them over. I have a lot of it on video, and perhaps I’ll post it when stupid ^%$ing Vista recognizes my four year old video camera. I think it’s a, you had to be there/part of my family to find it funny anyway. So maybe I shouldn’t have even mentioned it. Oh well.

my brand new baby cousin welcoming us to the hotel.

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Anyway….been doing a lot of writing, which is why my blog posts have been shamefully sparse.

Got a job blogging for a new site this summer. Writing for TNT’s Saving Grace website.
Check it out: especially if you’re a fan of the show.

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