Both of her parents are from there, and her husband’s family is from somewhere up there, too. I wouldn’t be a bit surprised. She has a LARGE family.
We went to grade school in Florida together. I spent nearly every day at her house after school in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. We would walk home from school to her house, and either my mom would pick me up there or at the library, which was just another few blocks from her house, and in between our homes. Her family would go to Elysian every summer to have their time back with their family, at the old one-room schoolhouse turned home that her father attended to as a kid.
We have been friends since then, and still see each other at least once a year, though we are still fairly far apart. Two other grade schools friends make us a group of 4. I don’t know anyone our age who has 3 friends from childhood that they’re still in touch with, and make it a point to see each other annually, if not more frequently, when the four of us live so far apart. Special bond. We are family to each other.
That’s really nice. One of my brothers still has a friend from grade school, but I lost track of everyone from then a long time ago.