Jofrog is Knitfrog!
June 13 2005
We spent the weekend at Ellis Island for a family reunion. My great-grandparents on my mom's side came to Ellis Island 100 years ago. What better cause for celebration? People came from all over for this reunion. There were the family we see often from CT, and then others that we'd love to see more often from farther away. There were also family from California, Hawaii, and Zimbabwe! Family from all over. The most interesting family, however, were the Rio family originally from Columbia. They have been living in the US for 22 years now. They were there with their son who had just had his first communion, and their parents who were visiting from Spain! They signed in at the front table, had name tags, and were eating lunch with us. The interesting bit came when it was time for everyone to introduce themselves. Somehow they were skipped over and when my cousin asked them how they were related they responded that they just came in for lunch! Not related at all, I guess we just seemed like a nice group to join! Never ones to turn family away my cousin got their address and phone number and they will be invited to the next reunion I'm sure! Family is a good thing, invite people into yours today!Mi Familia
