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...reunion of the troubled ship's crew and their rescuers on Monday, they talked about the near catastrophe in late August as in the past, and they celebrated the bonds formed out of that distressful episode...
Children should be entertained with plenty of softball games, relay races and water-balloon tosses. Older kids can be recruited to help. "Remember," reunion professional Edith Wagner counseled me, "happy kids make for happy parents and grandparents." Children should be prepared to have their cheeks pinched repeatedly and to be told that they look exactly like ancestors who died decades...
...family reunion actually went very well, although at times it seemed more like a Shriners' convention. I especially remember getting to know an elderly woman who was so fabulous, I couldn't believe we were related. (Later I learned we weren't.) Best of all, I found that some of my most obvious flaws, like my Groucho Marx eyebrows and perennial bad attitude, clearly are genetic. I shared this observation with a similarly afflicted cousin, and we both admitted that we felt relieved...
...Ninkovich, founder of Reunion Research, reminded me that at a reunion, we are participating in the ongoing story of our family. Bring scrapbooks, letters and photo albums to share, as well as old uniforms or artifacts used by ancestors. Take lots of pictures, and talk to everyone you can, especially those distant relations on the shady side of the family tree. At a minimum, you'll have something to gossip about later. But be on your best behavior, because they're sure to gossip about...
...website at time.com/personal for more on planning your family reunion. You can e-mail Amy at timefamily@aol.com