The (New) Gathering Spot.

Dear Siblings-

Today is the one-year anniversary of the weekend Dad dropped the nuclear bomb on our family.  In the beginning, we clung to Mom.  But the effects of nuclear fallout have made Mom unrecognizable one year later.  With Mom and Dad moving on and moving in to more serious relationships, I feel like the infrastructure of our family is in peril.  Will we ever be together again?  And if we are, what will it look like?  Will Mom's new boyfriend bring his military-issued assault rifle to the Thanksgiving table?  Will Dad invite us over to the apartment he now shares with the other woman for pancakes on Christmas morning?

As the eldest (and bossiest), I have taken it upon myself to begin shopping for HUGE dining room tables.  (Never mind that I don't cook, and I haven't the faintest idea how to host large groups--I'll learn.)  The point is that we are still family and we can still have family get togethers.  I'm going to have a dining room table big enough for all of us.   Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, Labor Day, summer breaks, long weekends.  Consider yourself invited.  The table will have enough room for each of our significant others too.  But no assault rifles, please.

Sincerely,
SEE