For the first time since my wedding twenty-six years ago, BOTH sides of my family descended for my daughter’s graduation. While a high school graduation is an auspicious event on its own, I thought it would make for a rare and happy family reunion. Or, as my sister likes to say, kissing two birds with one feather. Fourteen family members arrived for a long weekend, which for us, accustomed to our teeny clutch of three, was a BIG CROWD. But I was ready! Armed with a sheath of lists and a strict itinerary, we made it through: well fed, joyful and with zero drama.

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