Due to the pandemic, our annual Tan Family Grand Reunion came to a halt but despite the covid risks, we still managed to have siblings’ get-together.
Kuya Junior and his whole barangay live farther away in Elk Grove, about 2 hours away.
His 4 sons plus their respective families already have a critical mass so every Christmas they have their own celebrations.
February 28, Tuesday
Today we were the ones who went to Elk Grove to spare him from driving for 2 hours each way.
We’re all getting older so we want to have mini gatherings as frequent as we can. If we would not do this, we might not be able to hang out even for a year.
They used to live in a large two-story custom home in Sacramento but as they got older, going up and down the stairs became a challenge and a hazard to Ate Linda. Their new house is a one storey classic mid-century. A little bit smaller but much easier to maintain and no steps to climb.
Their former house sits on a half-acre property and pruning the trees alone was such a pain. This one in Elk GROVE has a good size backyard with mature trees.
Len and I brought food para hindi na sila maabala. Simple food lang, binili namin sa fast food. Nyke baked an egg pie.
It’s nice to have a doctor in the family. Meron kami doctor on call. Even when I am in Manila, I call him pag merong masakit sa akin. “Tanungin mo ang kuya.” Kumikirot ang likod ko. “Kuya, kumikirot ang likod ko, ano kaya ito?” Pagmeron akkng nerbyos, para akong mama ko. “Kuya masakit ang dibsib ko, para akong ma hanheart attack, pupunta ba ako sa emergency?”
Kuya Junior, Ate Linda, their youngest son Atty. Ryan, caught the Omicron virus buti na lang the symptoms were mild they didn’t require hospitalization.
