My great dream is to meet my deceased ancestors in heaven, and we all are happily getting ready for a big nightly banquet. A huge table with everyone you love there with you. And a table filled with the most delicious food.
Well, the Osmonds and the Duggars are the closest to having that reality here on earth.
Think of it. The Osmond grandparents (parents of the singers) have 54 grandchildren. And the other neat thing would be to have the money to house them all at Christmas. It would take quite a mansion to accomplish this, but what fun it would be! Same with the Duggars. 19 children and as of August 2020, they were up to 20 grandchildren. It may be 22 or 23 by now. And we know the Duggars have a huge house in Arkansas. I don't know how big their denomination is about Christmas, but for a Catholic family like mine, it would be great fun.
If you've ever watched the Duggar's show on TLC, about ten years ago you saw they were extremely highly organized. The parents had to be like CEO's almost. Organizational geniuses. Lots of delegating. Lots of skills learned by the kids. They had a buddy system, where they paired the kids. What a great environment to learn from!
My wife and I had five kids. All stairsteps. But we married relatively late at about age 29. I wish I had been mature enough to marry at 18 or 19 and do what the Duggars and Osmonds did. Have a huge family, then make the money to raise them on a big spread and big house. Raisomg them well to become contributing members of society. What a great legacy to have. Maybe 15 kids. 50 grandkids. All shining like bright twinkling stars in the sky, and just as numerous! And what fantastic Christmases you'd have. Filling up nine or ten rows at Mass. Gathering for Christmas dinners, having a big bonfire outside. Groups going hiking, groups playing games, groups working jigsaw puzzles, groups in the lazy-boys reading books, groups in the den watching a movie, groups in the kitchen baking breads and pies. Everyone busy as bees buzzing happily and sharing the holidays.
I am one of six, and we all get together every Christmas without fail and have a great time. There are maybe 20 in the household. We go to the big family home and we have pretty much the kind of Christmas I describe, except not as many people, and no big spread of land. I look forward to that week so much. In Heaven, I hope to have this scene every single night with legions of people. All loving. All happy. All the time. That's what I look forward to. How depressing to believe this could never happen!
Well, the Osmonds and the Duggars are the closest to having that reality here on earth.
Think of it. The Osmond grandparents (parents of the singers) have 54 grandchildren. And the other neat thing would be to have the money to house them all at Christmas. It would take quite a mansion to accomplish this, but what fun it would be! Same with the Duggars. 19 children and as of August 2020, they were up to 20 grandchildren. It may be 22 or 23 by now. And we know the Duggars have a huge house in Arkansas. I don't know how big their denomination is about Christmas, but for a Catholic family like mine, it would be great fun.
If you've ever watched the Duggar's show on TLC, about ten years ago you saw they were extremely highly organized. The parents had to be like CEO's almost. Organizational geniuses. Lots of delegating. Lots of skills learned by the kids. They had a buddy system, where they paired the kids. What a great environment to learn from!
My wife and I had five kids. All stairsteps. But we married relatively late at about age 29. I wish I had been mature enough to marry at 18 or 19 and do what the Duggars and Osmonds did. Have a huge family, then make the money to raise them on a big spread and big house. Raisomg them well to become contributing members of society. What a great legacy to have. Maybe 15 kids. 50 grandkids. All shining like bright twinkling stars in the sky, and just as numerous! And what fantastic Christmases you'd have. Filling up nine or ten rows at Mass. Gathering for Christmas dinners, having a big bonfire outside. Groups going hiking, groups playing games, groups working jigsaw puzzles, groups in the lazy-boys reading books, groups in the den watching a movie, groups in the kitchen baking breads and pies. Everyone busy as bees buzzing happily and sharing the holidays.
I am one of six, and we all get together every Christmas without fail and have a great time. There are maybe 20 in the household. We go to the big family home and we have pretty much the kind of Christmas I describe, except not as many people, and no big spread of land. I look forward to that week so much. In Heaven, I hope to have this scene every single night with legions of people. All loving. All happy. All the time. That's what I look forward to. How depressing to believe this could never happen!
