Weddings bring families together ~ December 1, 1994
David Heiller Some big families live fairly close together, and see each other often. I think they are lucky, even if they sometimes don’t get along so well. Yet, maybe it’s not all bad that my siblings are spread over the United States. It makes the occasions when we do get together all that more memorable. Heillers, at a family wedding. Like last weekend. Six of us brothers and sisters went to St. Charles, Illinois, to attend the wedding of our niece, Jenny. Everybody brought their kids too. It was a beautifully hectic time. I tried to squeeze two years into two days with Jeanne, who I hadn’t seen since 1992. That’s impossible. But small conversations can mean a lot, especially when you grew up together in a loving family. People don’t say many profound things at real life reunions, like they do in Hollywood. They talk about their jobs, or their kids riding in mountain bike races. You get a taste of their lives, and you put the ingredients t...