My maternal cousin Ron passed away this morning

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and his younger sister entered hospice as her battle also with cancer is nearing the end. We hadn't seen much of them in recent years but we are still close to one of their brothers and their Mom.

I remember the family reunions when all of we cousins played baseball and hung out together as a single unit when our reunions started to include our great Aunt's and Uncle's families because many of them were wealthy and our Grandpa and Grandma were farmers, poor, and had eight kids. All we cared was that we had fun and each other.

I miss those days.