I'm not trying to pry, and if this is too personal of a question please say so, but why don't your siblings come to visit? Is it a monetary issue for them or do they just despise Texas so much they won't set foot here?The Annoyed Man wrote:An excellent book, by the way, and I believe a fairly accurate portrayal of where California will be in 10 years from now.
This is really sad for me, as I came here from California in 2006. In the 10-1/2 years I've lived here, my youngest brother has never come to visit me here. My middle brother stopped by once for 45 minutes after I picked him up at DFW, because his band had a Dallas gig that night. My mother came once in early 2007 to see our home, and once again in 2012 when my son got married. But that's it. Otherwise, ALL of my contact with my family has been because my wife and I either drove or flew to California to touch bases with them. It's been very one-sided, and it breaks my heart because I love my family. If I stop going there to visit, it will mean that I stop seeing them pretty much entirely, but I don't know how much longer I'm willing to do that. It has been an enormous, and very one-sided, expense for me to do so. Whether it is airfare and hotels, or driving and an RV, it costs LOT of money to maintain that relationship, and I'm drawing near to the end of how long I'm willing to pay for that.
The formerly great state of California's recent forays into fascism has only served to cement my reluctance. I suspect that once my mom has passed (she's 92 now and quite frail), I'll give my brothers the message that some reciprocity would be nice, and see how they take to the idea.
What's happening in California is very troubling for the reasons already mentioned. It's easy to say "well, they get what they deserve for voting for those fools", but the uncomfortable truth is that Texas is not all that far removed from it, and if it is allowed to stand there it gives the left a road map for other places. It infuriates me how the courts will bring the hammer down on the bare slightest perceived "infringement' of a completely made up "constitutional right" - you know the one - but turn a blind eye to real infringement of a real enumerated right. I hope and pray that Trump follows through with his promises with respect to the Supreme Court, but we'll see.