It's a Family Reunion Turned Book Signing by Pat Simmons

 

Family reunions are my favorite time of the year, and next year, Kerry and I will attend a record number. Three.

Look out Colorado, Texas, and North Carolina, here we come in 2025 if the Lord wills. Family reunions ranked high on my priority list and can be traced back to the mid-1800s after slavery.

Reunions celebrate the living and reflect on the contributions of those before us. We believe in cherishing our elders because we never know how much time we have with them. Such as my mother-in-law, who attended last year's family reunion in Biloxi, Mississippi, but passed away earlier this year. Her absence was missed this year in Chicago.

Some reunions go all out for a themed dinner. This year, it was safari. I sewed Kerry and me matching outfits. We were the only tigers in the room, surrounded by cheetahs and a few zebras, but we had a good time in the jungle.

You can't have a family gathering without a picnic. Family reunions are also like book tours because my family supports me. Got to love kinfolks.

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Pat Simmons is a multi-published Christian romance author of forty-plus titles. She is a self-proclaimed genealogy sleuth and, a five-time recipient of the RSJ Emma Rodgers Award for Best Inspirational Romance and the 2022 winner of the Leslie Esdaile “Trailblazer” Award.

Pat holds a B.S. in mass communications from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, and has worked in radio, television, and print media for over twenty years. She is on the Christian Book Lovers Retreat (CBLR) board as a publicist. Visit her at www.patsimmons.net.