I simply had to reply to this Daily Post: “We all have that one eccentric relative who always says and does the strangest things. In your family, who’s that person, and what is it that earned him/her that reputation?”
One eccentric person? We have a whole family of eccentric people. In fact, I can’t name one person in our family who isn’t eccentric. That’s probably what keeps us all together. We’re all odd.
Recently, my niece, Jaquelyn Sunderland, posted this sign on Facebook: My doctor asked if any members of my family suffered insanity; I replied, no, we all seem to enjoy it.
And that’s the bottom line. We’re all enjoyably eccentric.
Imagine the whole family, and we now number close to fifty in the nuclear family, in one room for a holiday dinner. Or a picnic outside. Now that would make more sense. Along with outside, we’d have fireworks and a bonfire and bottles of wine and probably bourbon. For example, you shoulda seen the family gathering on the farm a couple years ago with rain and mud and planks across puddles. And music. Lots of music. Our own private Woodstock, you could say. Just us.
Yep. A little eccentric. The whole batch of us. And proud of it.
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I laughed out loud at this post! I love it. Your niece is great, what an awesome response.
Thank you! I loved it too….so much, I had to write a post about it. My niece was amused. Thanks so much for following. I look forward to our conversations.
Love it—so true, so true!
Thank you so much for commenting! It was lovely to see your name as a fellow eccentric. Now all we have to do is manage to get this odd group corralled somewhere at the same time.
Love the sign. My children call me eccentric. My own quote or thoughts on the matter. I’ve said this many times and I happily use it to refer to myself. “There is a thin line between sanity and insanity. Frankly, I don’t know any tight rope walkers.” ~yvonne
That’s great! I’m not so good at tight rope walking either; mostly I just hang on!
So good to hear from you Yvonne.
Reminds me of when my teenage daughter said we were a normally dysfunctional family. And so we were. And are.
Thanks for a laugh.
Theresa
That’s a great line–normally dysfunctional….
I laughed too at that sign my niece posted on FB. So glad I got to use it.
Love it! My family is north of normal, a bunch of stodgy educators. But we have our moments. I married into eccentricity and it is delightful!
North of normal…. I like that. I guess we’re south.
So glad you liked the piece!
I laughed out loud at the quote in the red box. I also enjoy the insanity of your family. Without a touch of madness all our family stories would be dreadfully dull.
Well, you’ve got a good point. They would be dull indeed. And I really love family stories.
Seems to be a fun gathering to be with!
It is! You might have to come visit. You’d fit right in.
Oh, I love this 🙂
Thank you so much! It made me laugh just writing it.
🙂