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My cousin, sister, and I are planning this 'COUSINS' reunion so we can get together before Christmas. The main issue is that my late mother's side of the family are not that close anymore. I guess the three of us have the same sentiments about how the family members are drifting apart. It's not a joke when you know that your relatives are living across your house but you don't seem to know each other because you hardly greet. There seems to be this silent competition of who's doing what....In my head it's a nasty thought to think that I don't have other family members on my mother's side. I mainly speak about my aunties and uncles, and some cousins. I thought we were good and loving family when my grandmother and mother were both alive. Aunties and uncles would visit us and so on and so forth. But when I look back, there was always a catch to their visits. They were always asking for a favor or two. And even when my mother was bedridden, they never let go of the thought of asking that favor from the person who mostly needs it. My mother's simple joy back when she was alive was to see her siblings visit her. No need for gifts but a simple chat really made her happy. But no one appeared. It's sad but it's true. Now, that the heirs of my mother which is my sister and I, are suffering the consequence. No family bonding at all. In order to fill the gap between my cousins, my mom's youngest sibling's daughter, my sister, and I are trying and 'will' exert so much effort in rekindling with the family members. We are hurting because we know how important it is to have a family. I am hoping that most of our cousins will try to participate. We miss them a lot and it's not easy to act as if, they're not there. I don't want to act, I just want my family back...My relatives perhaps don't feel this because most of them have more than two children from each family... They might feel that their members of the family is already a handful, but we want to be noticed and we want them to know that we are family. I'm sorry, I guess, I suddenly felt the blues for the upcoming Christmas. Please pray that something good will come up with this plan of ours.