My Mother and Me, And My HUGE Fam-i-ly!

in #familylast year

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(pic of my mother and me in the early 70s)

I am lucky to come from a big family. My Mom and Dad had 7 children. And myself and my siblings have each had at least 2 children.

  • Brother D. had 5.
  • Sister R had 6.
  • Sister J had 2.
  • Sister M had 4.
  • Sister A had 3.
  • Sister L had 3.
  • and I had 2.

The next generation is producing even more. My awesome nephews and nieces have met wonderful mates.

  • Nephew D. has 4.
  • Nephew C. has 3.
  • Niece V. has 2.
  • Nephew N. RIP.
  • Nephew L. has 2...
  • Niece C. has 1.
  • Nephew R. has 2.
  • Nephew M. has 2.
  • Niece K...
  • Nephew D. has 2... (1)
  • Niece B. has 2...
  • Nephew M. has 1...
  • Nephew C. has 1...
  • Niece A. has 2.
  • Nephew T has 2... (1)
  • Niece S. has 2.
  • Niece N...
  • Niece E...
  • Nephew K...
  • Niece M...
  • Nephew H...
  • Nephew I...
  • Niece S...
  • My Son...
  • My Daughter... (1)

First Generation = 2
Second Generation = 7
Third Generation = 25
Forth Generation = 28 + 3 pregnant!

Fifth Generation will start soon too!

  • Great Niece L...
  • Great Nephew D...
  • and so on...

My father used to say "People are wealth." and he was so right about that. I am always surrounded by enthusiastic people who I admire, love and trust.

I hope that you, dear reader, also have people in your life who you can admire, love and trust, even if you don't have a multitude of family as I do.

Words can't adequately convey how much I appreciate my own mother, who died in 2013, and all of the other women in the family who bring new people into this world.

So I will just say, Thanks Mom, I appreciate this life that you gave me.

Procreation (creation) and nurturing children are truly the most important tasks for women. If not, what's more important?

To be a man, which the world is in short supply of right now, our job is to provide for and protect those children until they become women and men.

And so I walk in present day, meeting the challenge of existence in a slightly fucked up world. Facing 1000s of choices where I can prove to be manly or not.