I Thought They’d Never Leave

I couldn’t tell you how, why or when our family mantra came to be. But, if you’ve spent any time with my family, you’ve heard the expression, “I thought they’d never leave.”

I remember my beloved patriarch uncle telling me that after a day-long love fest with the entire family, my husband and I left for the evening and he heard the mantra for the first time. He told me he almost died laughing.

Recently I had the joy of hosting a group of friends for the weekend. I have a few different groups of friends, but these are the OG, my childhood friends. The kind of friends with whom you have shared everything from broken hearts to weddings, from births to deaths – and everything in between. Friends who have seen you at your best, and your worst.

I was asked, will you take them to the beach? Will you do the theme parks? Nope and nope. That’s not what this weekend was about. Basically, it was a three-day slumber party with plenty of food, laughs, reminiscing, and no shortage of wine or coffee. Family members dropped in and out throughout the weekend adding to the nostalgia and blurring the lines even further between family and friends.

It was all I hoped it would be.

I’m writing this in my head as I drive home from the airport after dropping them off thinking about our family mantra, the irony of which – obviously not lost on my uncle – is that the less it is meant, the funnier it is.

 I thought they’d never leave…

NOTE: I’ll be going to posting every three weeks. Of course, I reserve the right to change that at any time. 😁