Do you find that these holiday weekends that provide an opportunity to get together with your family

Bloodproblems
Bloodproblems Member Posts: 31
edited June 2020 in General Cancer
Since my diagnosis I enjoy these opportunities to get together with family and friends. We will have a good size group of people at our house tomorrow and I so look forward to these days. This one will be a little strange, everyone will be required to have a mask on and no hugging me. We are trying to be cautious. But I plan on enjoying our time. It's a shame it takes near death to bring us closer together.

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  • legaljen1969
    legaljen1969 Member Posts: 763
    edited May 2020
    I can definitely vouch for the fact that the family gatherings seem more cherished. I think we glimpse our own mortality, even if just for a moment. Enjoy the moments no matter what they look like.
  • LiveWithCancer
    LiveWithCancer Member Posts: 470
    edited May 2020
    I hope you have a wonderful time!
  • GregP_WN
    GregP_WN Member Posts: 742
    This weekend 11 years ago we were having our first cookout in a series of cookouts that ran from that Memorial Day until last year July 4th. I completed my radiation treatments in April of 2009 and to celebrate I told Donna to tell everyone in the family and any of our friends that wanted to come to be at our house. We were going to enjoy being with everyone because we never know when the opportunity to do so will be taken away from us. We have had 40 to 50 people here before at our cookouts. I will stay up all night cooking pork butts, shoulders, ribs, brisket, and chicken.

    So yes, I understand exactly what you mean and how you feel. I hope you have a great get together.
  • MarcieB
    MarcieB Member Posts: 528
    edited June 2020
    See...it depends on where you are. In my state we are still not supposed to gather. My husband's children (and our grandchildren) all live in different states so we are not accustomed to being together for this holiday. We usually have friends over, or go to one of their picnics, but we are still in *shelter-in-place* orders - and our governor has made it quite clear they are orders - not suggestions. Right now it looks like my husband and I will be grilling burgers for ourselves and later watch some Netflix. Unless we get crazy and head for the Dairy Queen!
  • JazzQueen
    JazzQueen Member Posts: 20
    edited June 2020
    We do Zoom .. they're all in different parts of the country!

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