<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Uncategorized | Ah, What a day</title><link>https://www.ahwaday.com/tag/uncategorized/</link><atom:link href="https://www.ahwaday.com/tag/uncategorized/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Uncategorized</description><generator>Hugo Blox Builder (https://hugoblox.com)</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><image><url>https://www.ahwaday.com/media/icon_hu6052789470800544987.png</url><title>Uncategorized</title><link>https://www.ahwaday.com/tag/uncategorized/</link></image><item><title>Family, friends and more</title><link>https://www.ahwaday.com/blog/family_friends_and_more/</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://www.ahwaday.com/blog/family_friends_and_more/</guid><description>&lt;p>I haven&amp;rsquo;t really had a thought to do a more positive type of post in sometime.
With that in mind, I wanted to make sure to write about something that really
hits home to me.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Family&lt;/p>
&lt;p>While I have a lot of family near me; a lot of us haven&amp;rsquo;t taken the time to
really get together in a number of years. While I want to change this; the
struggles I have faced doesn&amp;rsquo;t really allow me to change this just yet. We
recently had a small get together about my late uncle&amp;rsquo;s place, and we did get
to have some good conversations and memories. While it wasn&amp;rsquo;t the most ideal
place or situation to create these memories; it came to me, take advantage of
any chance we have to create memories with the people we love. We just fell
out of the habit of planning family events when everyone&amp;rsquo;s health took a turn
for the worse. With that said, I hope that everyone in the family can feel the
power of each person within the tree. While we might be physically alone, we
are never alone. The spirits of our ancestors are with us. While a lot of
people don&amp;rsquo;t believe in spirits/ghosts/etc, I believe that is something to the
human body which makes it such a fascinating vessel.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>From what I have researched, the family has been in the area for 4+
generations, and I would love to find a way to trace it back to our origins.
It is fascinating knowing where you have came from, and there will be a lot of
bumps in the road to overcome on this journey. I have started some ancestry
searching, and I would like to be able to sit down with someone that knows a
lot about the genealogy. This way I would have some milestones and/or names to
figure out where they fit into things. After doing a lot of research on it, I
found that there are many branches of the tree that can be crisscrossing in so
many ways. Maybe eventually, I&amp;rsquo;ll have everything mapped out to give us a
sense of history.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Friends&lt;/p>
&lt;p>While family is &amp;lsquo;given&amp;rsquo; to us; friends are often referred to as the family
that we chose. I have several friends that are near and dear to me, and a lot
of them we have had our problems in the past. There are some people that you
can just meet back up with, and pick up right where they left off. Almost like
there has been no time that has passed. I think of those people as a &amp;lsquo;soul
friend&amp;rsquo;. I think that term describes the friendship more, due to the fact of
how things work between two people. When I think about friends like that,
Jason, almost always comes up. While a lot of people don&amp;rsquo;t really know who he
is, and I&amp;rsquo;m not sure I know who he is now. I still have a hard time seeing him
for who he is, and who he has become. It&amp;rsquo;s been interesting catching up with
him, and learning who he is now. Anyways, once you grow up, you learn that
friendships are important, and personally, I wish I knew more about it even
more when I was younger.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>