Since getting married recently I have
gained three stepchildren, two brother in-laws, a sister in-law and a father
in-law. As well as some uncles, aunts and cousins but they are all in the UK
and we will probably never ever meet. My
husband on the other hand has gained a nation. To say that my family is
complicated (I know I know almost everyone’s family is complicated) is an
understatement. They are a cross between
The Brady bunch meets Little house on the prairie with the Osbournes. And that’s
just on my mother’s side! Some of them are quite religious and choose to
worship God in many ways while others are less outspoken about their religious
beliefs and choose to worship at the local pub. The latter seem to be just as devoted to their cause, if not more.
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| Scott and I with our 6 kids, 2 grand kids and my mom and step dad |
Then there is my step dad and his
family, who I knew growing up but we have grown apart since I started a family of my
own. My own children who now have children and partners and their partner’s
family dramas and my biological dad and his family who I have only recently re-connected with.
This can at times be a little too
much for my stepson Jonah who is the youngest of our collective 6 children. He
is only 8 and is always asking questions. The other day he asked if MY step dad
will be his double step granddad or as he put it, his dub step granddad. Then
there is the question of my siblings. I have never had a full sibling (meaning
the same mom and dad). I have two sisters from the same father and a brother
from the same mother. Jonah wanted to
know what they are to him, I tried explaining that they are his half step uncle
and half step aunts or is it step half uncle…..
You see my dilemma?
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| The first photo ever taken of my sisters and I |
All in all we are a very
complicated bunch, and as complicated as we are we all love each other to some
degree. My mom’s side of the family are also a very noisy lot and if you want
to be heard when we all get together the trick is to speak as loud as possible.
The person with the loudest voice is often the only one who is heard. My maternal grandmother turned 80 this year
and still has all her faculties intact. This makes her a great great grandmother
to my granddaughters. That’s 5 generations in a row. A lot of my cousins are in
their mid twenties to mid thirties now and have started having babies. One of them to started off this trend and now everyone seems to be joining in.
So the family is just growing and growing. I think by the time Jonah is old
enough to start a family of his own he may just have it all figured out.
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| With my dad and step mom |
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