tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976033584226460271.post2704132593087638695..comments2023-07-13T15:57:41.942+01:00Comments on Mad Ramblings of well ....Me!: Life's a BeachEmma_pshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16626066692290521804noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976033584226460271.post-58411544975958342402013-08-27T07:37:54.585+01:002013-08-27T07:37:54.585+01:00Wow, now that is a big family! I hope it was a hap...Wow, now that is a big family! I hope it was a happy one! when I think about the size of the family any future grandchildren will be born in to it just astounds me I am only one of three but between us we have 16 children! Christmas is interesting to say the least! Emma_pshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16626066692290521804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976033584226460271.post-42940641314360913502013-08-27T03:31:57.017+01:002013-08-27T03:31:57.017+01:00I was an only child and we lived a couple of thous...I was an only child and we lived a couple of thousand miles from the nearest relative, and also hundreds of miles from the nearest beach, so I cannot really identify with what you're saying. However, when I was 17 and my mother had died, my father remarried and I suddenly became the middle one of five kids, and my stepmother's NINE married brothers and sisters all lived within a few miles of our house and hardly a weekend went by that there weren't 20 or 30 of the 75 or so relatives together at somebody's house. It was a culture shock for me, believe you me. I am probably still scarred. These days, 23 people at a beach picnic wouldn't even make me look twice.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.com