It was a week of family, with a funeral and a wedding on my wife’s side of the family. On Wednesday we drove a few hours in a very unpleasant rain storm to the funeral for her great uncle. It was an interesting experience going to a funeral for a family member I had never met. He was a pediatrician and active volunteer in his community, so he was very well known and very well loved. At lunch after the funeral mass, various family members and friends got up to tell stories about him, some funny, others just heartwarming. It was great for me to get a sense of who he was and how great of a person he was. The whole experience felt more like a celebration of his life, which is how I think funerals should be.

On Saturday, we had a cousin’s wedding in Connecticut. They had it at a brewery which has an event venue, which was neat. The room was all decorated for Christmas and we all sat at big long tables. It was a lot of fun and the beer was great.

Not much this week, I’m just thankful for family.