BakedGoods&Siblings: In the same place at the same time.

     I am very blessed. I have five siblings. Four are Hersons and one is a Bell: Two half siblings...two full siblings...and one step. However, they are all of equal value to me as brothers and sisters. Whether we share both parents, one parent, or no parent...we are siblings and we are all different in our own way. 


     Scott lives in California. Emily lives in Virginia. Kathleen lives in North Carolina. Michael lives twenty minutes from me. Bradley lives in Towson. We are scattered. It is very rare that we are all in one place at the same time. 

Michael, Scott, Silvie (sister in-law), Dad, Bradley, Emily, and I

     My dad had his 60th Birthday last weekend! The Herson children decided to throw him a birthday bash with about 80 guests. Although I was stressed the entire day because stressing out is what I like to do on a regular basis...the party was a huge success. Why was it a success? Because all five Herson children were together at the same place at the same time. It really hit me, we will never live under the same roof again. We are adults. Strange. Heck...two of my siblings are now parents. I am an aunt, a crazy aunt. 

     Why else was the party a success? Because after about 5 glasses of wine (one gets me loopy...so you could only imagine)...I decided to hand out the brownies I baked earlier in the day. I chose to tell all of the guests that the brownies were special...even though they clearly weren't. You should have seen the excitement on these people's faces. I couldn't help but enjoy their reactions and continue to fib throughout the entire night. 


     Moral of the story...Hug your siblings, and if you don't have any...hug a friend. And if you don't have any friends..hug a tree :) Also, don't lie to people about your baked goods.  They will get really excited.