Family

There is such an undeniable dynamic to family gatherings on my dad's side. Joe and Mike are funny. Joe is very nearly a cynical anarchist respectably informed on global politics. Jeanne laughs like a hyena. Kathy is a concerned, rich liberal. Grandmom is very quiet. Kathy's daughters are very laugh [edit: what?]. There is a lot of time spent laughing. I wonder if it's not a very hard dynamic to join, realizing that everyone there is in my family by birth. No wives or husbands.