keep in touch with family

...on several fronts. I’ve been in touch via e-mail and phone today. I still haven’t got used to using facebook, though.
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Note to self: Remember to send my sister a birthday card tomorrow.

I got to connect face-to-face with many of my family members on my recent visit, and that was a very good thing. It seems to make calling on the phone easier.
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I also discovered more family members who communicate via facebook and e-mail, so I’ve found a new alternative to phone calls and letters for staying in touch.
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The tricky part for me, as always, will be maintenance. Can I keep on keeping in touch on a regular basis? I managed to send several e-mails tonight, and to post a little bit on facebook. One of my relatives has fallen ill since I got home, and I’m touched that she is reaching out to keep me updated on her status.
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Also, I got a care package from my mom in my snail mailbox today. She emphatically does not do computers! In spite of that, she does a better job of keeping in touch with family and friends than anyone I know. I think I’ll give her a call right now and thank her for the gift. :)

...let alone my extended family. But I was helped out in this last week. I came home to find an unexpected message on my answering machine from my uncle, inviting me to come and visit him this summer. I would also get an opportunity to see some of my cousins and their families. I talked with him yesterday about it.
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I really appreciate his phone call and his invitation. I would love to do this, and yet I hate the thought of all the travel logistics. I’m still trying to decide what to do.

Sammie is a crazy mutt who lives with my two brothers, so I guess she’s officially part of the family, too. She just had surgery to repair torn cartilage in one of her hind legs.
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It also gives me something to talk about with my two brothers. I’ve talked to them 3 times in the last two days, which must be a record of sorts. Everything sounds good so far. After a rough first night, Sammie seems to be on the road to recovery, but I’ll keep thinking good thoughts about her and keep calling my brothers to see how she’s doing.

He just called to keep in touch and see how I was doing. He wants to set a goal to call me every month. How nice is that? :)

Because we haven’t been good at keeping in touch, and I hardly ever hear from him, when I found two messages from him on my phone when I got home Sunday, I started to worry that something was wrong. I assumed the worst, as I so often do. But it turns out that everything was fine, and I worried over nothing, as I so often do. Sigh.

I’m trying an experiment. I just now set a reminder on this goal to remind me to call my brother next month if I haven’t heard anything from him.

I missed my nephew’s high school graduation last weekend, but I heard all about it. I’m planning to go visit in early August, and hope to help celebrate my nephew’s birthday and see all the family.

...by taking advantage of my mother’s night-owl tendencies and calling at 11pm. We were still talking after midnight. It was a good talk. :)

to keep in touch with family when they go out of their way to keep in touch with you. And that’s what my brother and sister-in-law have done this week. They went far out of their way to stop by and visit me on their summer vacation. I am grateful that they helped me keep in touch.

...and I had a long phone conversation with her tonight. She is full of good news and plans for visits and outings with other family members and friends through the rest of the month, in spite of a few health issues. I managed to send a card and a small present, and I hope they arrive by tomorrow.

I also talked more briefly with my sister tonight. She had some good news as well.

One call from a sister yesterday. Another call from my mother tonight with great news about one of my nieces.