Day 3 Saturday Irish Bonding

Another family luncheon with more relatives. Meeting at Beef O'Brady's...the whole Irish/German clan together...good discussions with cousins and connecting at a deeper and more meaningful level. Babies jostled from hip to hip and passed from arms to shoulders and neck...soft, marshmallow baby skin...milky smell...laughter over observed family dysfunction and perceived dysfunction...expectations...perceived and real...struggles and resolved angers and new griefs, joys and hopes...delicious food and waves of emotion and energy passing back and forth over the long table...clanking cups and silverware...smiles and many tears and again, joy. Water and napkins on the floor...empty plates and a sleeping baby...joy and more tears in the sunshine...quiet.