{"id":9728,"date":"2009-11-29T18:21:47","date_gmt":"2009-11-29T23:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=9728"},"modified":"2010-07-21T20:40:18","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T00:40:18","slug":"all-cousins-great-and-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=9728","title":{"rendered":"All Cousins Great and Small"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, the entire O’Malley clan converged to our house in Rhode Island for a second Thanksgiving. This is a family tradition. Thanksgiving Day is for the respective families, the Saturday after it’s the O’Malley extravaganza. This year, a difficult year to say the least, everyone came to our house. There were a couple of cousins missing – Kerry, Marianne (one of the many Mariannes), Timothy, Bridget, Matt and oh God am I missing anyone else? And Cashel wasn’t there. But present were:
\nUncle Tony and Aunt Marianne
\nCousin Liam and Lydia and their son Cormac
\nCousin Mike and Lisa and their kids, Fiona, Seamus and Declan
\nCousin Marianne and Jimmy and their kids, Jimmy and Michael
\nUncle Terry and Aunt Diane
\nCousin Rachel
\nAunt Regina
\nCousin Emma
\nCousin Ian
\nUncle Tom and Betsy
\nCousin Grace
\nCousin Henry
\nCousins Ben and Sue
\nThen there was me, Siobhan, her boyfriend Ben, Jean, Pat, and Lucy and Brendan.
\nAnd my dear mother.
\nMore people came throughout the day.
\nSiobhan’s dear friend Colleen, her parents, and Colleen’s sons Elhadji and Mustapha
\nBrendan’s dear friend Justin, his wife Amber and their three kids
\nThere was so much food it was nearly inhuman.<\/p>\n

It was very emotional at times. I am so glad they all came.<\/p>\n

Before dinner, cousin Mike organized a game of touch football out in the backyard with all cousins great and small. The age range of the football game was late 40s to three years old. It ended up being the longest football game known to man, and Mike eventually shouted up to the house, after realizing what he had gotten himself into, “SAVE SOME LASAGNA!!”<\/p>\n

Keeping everyone in line was a full-time job, since children were racing around holding footballs, and everyone had to be continuously reminded of the rules. But everyone eventually got the hang of it, and it was beautiful to watch. There were times when, listening to the adults coaching the kids on how to play, it sounded like a dress rehearsal of Riverdance<\/i>.<\/p>\n

“Seamus, run – run – run!”
\n“Declan’s got the ball!”
\n“Grace, when I say ‘hike’, RUN over there!”
\n“Fiona! Fiona! This way!”<\/p>\n

The light was low in the sky. After a day of rain, the grass was muddy and wet, but the air was beautifully mild, with a sharp nip of autumn in it. The “adults” sat inside, chatting and eating, as a massive group of people, some 6 feet tall, others 3 feet tall, cavorted outside for hours, eventually tromping inside, muddy and happy, to eat the rest of the lasagna.<\/p>\n

We are protected. By the love of our clan.<\/p>\n

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\n“SAVE SOME LASAGNA!!!”<\/p>\n

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