Merry Christmas to everyone.
I was talking to a coworker, and she said she hasn't talked to her brother in over five years. He was sixteen when she was born, so he had basically flown the coop before he got to know her. She misses a brother-sister relationship that he doesn't even knows exists. If any of you guys hasn't talked to a family member in awhile, give them a call. Often the longer it gets, the more ackward it becomes and that forms a negative feedback loop where you don't want to call even more. It seems like more people are estranged from than their families than we realize.