I don't miss the whining.

Never been big on Broede family gatherings. Especially on holidays. I’d rather spend time alone. Or with my true love. Or with a friend or two.  Really, I’ve never liked family gatherings. I didn’t mind one-on-one with my mother. Or with my sister or my brother. But not a big reunion. Where the entire clan shows up. Maybe because there was too much bickering and lamenting. Too much focus on the unpleasant past. Rather than focus on how nice it was that we (most certainly me) had become independent beings. Gone our own ways. In the pursuit of happiness. That’s where the emphasis should be.  On our new and wonderful lives. Instead of whining about past wrongs. –Jim Broede