By no effort of my own, I was born into a rather large extended family. My mom is one of seven and the first cousin to a bunch of kids who grew up within 500 feet of each other. Needless to say they are more like siblings than cousins. And one of these cousins just happens to be the First Lady of Georgia, which means that the Governor's Inaugural week becomes a family affair.
It began last Sunday with a friends and family reception at the Governor's Mansion. We each had our photo made with the First Family - Governor Nathan Deal and First Lady Sandra Deal, then we went to a reception in the ballroom downstairs. As the two hours passed, more of the cousins came and by the time we left it was decided that we made up about a fourth of the crowd. (I did mention this was a rather large extended family, right?)
On Thursday evening we attended the Governor's Inaugural Gala. We wore long fancy dresses, had more photos made, hung out with the cousins, watched a tribute video of our Governor's life and enjoyed four musical concerts by Georgia artists.
That should have been it for the week, but the Inauguration coincided with our family reunion. So, on Saturday we headed to a reunion with the same cousins we had celebrated with all week. It was a great party and even better food.
And still, the week was incomplete until we celebrated my baby girl's 9th birthday. There is just nothing much better than having your child wake you up before 7 a.m. on a Sunday morning so she can see the minute she turns nine. She even opened her birthday presents while sitting in my bed.
Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives, and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor - it is the gift of God.
It was a week of celebrations, a true gift of God.
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