So many people don't go to these events, and I feel everyone should make every effort to go.
Family reunions are real important but class reunions are also significant.
Too many times the only time families get together is for funerals, and that's not the best time to get to visit and catch up on what's been going on in other branches of the family. A number of my cousins are in ill health and can't travel so that lets them out of attending. We just had our 35th reunion on June 7-8 and while we had a good time and a good number of the small class was in attendance, it would have been better if more could have been there. I don't really remember exactly how many were in the class, about 50 something, but we were a close-knit group as is usually the custom in a really small school. Some members of the class who moved away before graduation even come back to renew friendships.