My sweet middle sister hosted Fall Family Fun Day this year. What is this event, you ask? Well, dear reader, it is a totally fabricated holiday celebrated annually by the Ross Clan. FFFD was the brain child of my sisters and I years ago, when my big kids were very little. I'm not sure exactly what spawned the idea but it grew to an EVENT, that rivals Christmas in the hearts of my children, and family. Family is always invited, friends, and friends of friends are welcome; it is a whole day affair. Amanda said this year there were over 50 in attendance. Over the years we've had:
-pumpkin decorating
gourd bowling
apple bobbing
carmel apple decorating
football matches
face painting
pumpkin seed spitting contests
pumpkin carving contests
and lots, and lots of food (brunch and then mid afternoon a chili cook-off)
Great grandma rocking babies, new ones every year, it seems.
Last year we missed FFFD, as we were just surviving a cross country move. We had no friends or family to celebrate with; it was sad.
This year, gratefully, we do have people we know and love that we COULD invite to celebrate with us. But I am hesitant to pull of such an event without my sisters, and mom and dad to help make it happen. FFFD is awesome, but I wonder if it is as awesome without the family part? I wonder if the world at large will "get" this fictitious holiday?
This year :
-my mom fought breast cancer.
-My dad is God knows where. (Anytime there is news of new uprising in the Middle East I say to myself, "Oh, Crap, is Dad in Cairo, or Beruit, or the West Bank?" But that is a post for another day...)
My baby sister lives a country away, in New Jersey, of all places....
My middle sister hosted Fall Family Fun Day without us. I'm glad she did, but it is triggering a bout of homesickness.
And seasons change...this year there is no Thanksmas with the Wood Grandparents, or FFFD in Littleton at Dad's. I am thankful for the season that was; it was rich with family, and I am learning to press into where God has us now. It is good. It is good. It is good. Just different.
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