tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26430351.post77999427615721030..comments2023-10-31T07:23:10.971-04:00Comments on dame: Come On-A My Housethe damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198483122054652116noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26430351.post-59271092712825952192008-02-22T15:47:00.000-05:002008-02-22T15:47:00.000-05:00Hullo :o)I'm not at all Italian, and although my h...Hullo :o)<BR/><BR/>I'm not at all Italian, and although my heritage (Dutch-American) is very clannish, I have never experienced such a relationship before. My family has always moved around a lot. <BR/><BR/>However, we were fortunate at one point to live in Sicily for three years. We lived in an apartment on Mt. Etna, and our landlord lived just down the street. He lived on the fourth floor, and his parents and siblings lived below him. While we were there he built a fifth floor for his son. I remember wondering what it would be like, to live close to family.marshymallowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06640254083946558428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26430351.post-75789475916436201812008-02-22T11:04:00.000-05:002008-02-22T11:04:00.000-05:00Thank YOU! I really think the Italian in me is why...Thank YOU! I really think the Italian in me is why I'm always creating huge extended families out of my groups of friends. Really, though, many cultures have a similar sense of family and gathering that I think we miss here in the states. The Irish, the Greek and, of course, Italians (as well as many other groups) all have more family-centric cultures. Larger family groups. More closeness with extended family being the norm. Shared meals and a strong link to the food, music and history of their people being an important aspect of how they grew up and how they live. <BR/><BR/>Those who have not lived with it often feel the absence of it and those who have known it always yearn for it on some level.the damehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12198483122054652116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26430351.post-3194570561945048062008-02-22T10:49:00.000-05:002008-02-22T10:49:00.000-05:00I have no Italian heritage whatsoever, but I feel ...I have no Italian heritage whatsoever, but I feel an affinity to all things Italian, and if I won the lottery today, that's where I'd go first. So I sometimes feel like you, and I long to have a big extended Italian family all around me. Maybe I can get one to adopt me. Thanks for evoking those things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com