Family Ties and Keeping in Touch
👪 Recently while talking to my Father’s younger brother, my Uncle mentioned with a touch of marvel in his voice, that my in-laws have sooo many relatives and there is constantly something or other going on amongst them isn’t it? I said “Yes… “. I reflected that here at my Paternal Uncle’s side, we somehow never experienced these things !. Uncle said “We do not have any such relations cause all our relatives were much much elder to us. You see, all my uncles were of my grandfather’s age and their children means my cousins were of my father’s age. So there were no common factors for us to stay in contact.” This got me thinking……… I remember by Mother-in-law as well as my Father-in-law used to urge us to go visit the elderly in the family, check if they need any thing and if nothing else spend time with them to make them happy. As age advanced and my in-laws could not travel much, all our relatives would invariably gather at our house and include them in their conversations, discussion...