Graduation Day
On Thursday, my husband Kent and I went to his grand-daughter's graduation from High School.  It was a pretty typical graduation ceremony, and maybe the family gathering was pretty typical too, I don't know.  Here's a list of the attendees:

Tom, my husband's second son, my step-son, father to Brittany
Brittany, the graduate, my step-grand-daughter
Sally, Brittany's mother, Tom's ex-wife, my ex-step-daughter-in-law
Tyler, Brittany's brother, my step-grand-son
Dottie, my husband's ex-wife, another of Brittany's four grand-mothers, and Tom's mother
Bob, Dottie's current husband, Brittany's step-grand-father
Lindy, Tom's girlfriend
Christian and Paul, the elder of Lindy's four children
Daniel, Brittany's boyfriend
and Duane(?), Sally's boyfriend

Children like Brittany have twice as many relatives as a child in a 'normal' family would have, due to divorce and remarriage.  The adults have trouble remembering who belongs to whom, but the children have no problem.  They know everybody and where they all fit in.  Naturally, since the world revolves around them!

Anyway, it was a fun gathering, we all went out to dinner together, and caught up on each other.  There have been rough patches in the past, hurt feelings, estrangements, and general ill will, but all seems smooth now.  We've all grown up.