[RosieCotton]

Invitations seems like it could be a nightmare no matter what! Thinking of my own family, if one of us were to get married there are plenty of people who wouldn't come even if invited, but who would be hurt if they didn't get an invitation. And so many that could just slip through the cracks and be forgotten!

I hope we CAN get the webcam thing set up, though it's not really that important. It would be wonderful if we could sorta see what's going on!

[RosieCotton]

I hope we CAN get the webcam thing set up, though it's not really that important.

Important as in critical, that is. It's important to us!

[HairOfTheDog]

We have lost all my close family. Whether it is my advanced age or our family's recent poor luck at surviving, the Aunts and Uncles that I picture when I think of family are gone and only their children, who we always saw growing up, but who I don't even have phone numbers for now, are left. I don't know if they are still married (one was having trouble) or how many kids they may have... Been three years now I think since I saw them. I have one remaining Aunt, the one who is just to mean to die, though she is likely in pretty poor health.

Seems artificial to invite them, though they would definately come. Should I make this attempt to continue these ties? Grandma and Mom would say yes, but I just don't see this generation continuing the ties we had, with or without this reunion. We had them over once in the summer and once around Christmas the first few years after Grandma died. They loved coming back to the beach house then... But the calls have stopped now. They don't know where I live or anything about me.