A family reunion with my aunts, uncles and their kids whom I haven’t seen in almost three years. We only had the night of Christmas eve, but everyone was so looking forward to each other, and half of us drive/fly a great distance to see the other half. 23 of us together at last-in the words of my uncle at the blessing of the dinner “this is good…this is good.”
Seeing the kids open all their gifts, but also, none of the adults exchanged gifts, instead, we collectively decided to pool our money together and give it to a cousin who had lost her home in one of the big fires in L.A. last October.