Family Sucks my Cock.

Tomorrow is thanksgiving and I will be spending it with my family, my immediate family; my wife and I and our 4 kids. That's it, that's all. There is no grandma's house to go to or family gathering to attend. There are no crazy aunts or wayward cousins coming over to make things awkward and uncomfortable. My wife's dad and step-mom live in San Diego, CA. and we only see them a few times a year. My wife's mom passed away a few years ago from ovarian cancer. I'm sure my dad is out there within 50 miles of me, but I have no idea where exactly and no interest in finding him. My mom, well my mom had an aneurysm burst about a month ago and if I hadn't gotten her to the hospital when I did she would have died. She's home now, and we invited her (and my step-dad and my 16-year old half sister) over for thanksgiving but it appears she won't be coming. The last phone conversation we had she was non-committal and was supposed to call us to let us know and well, it's Wednesday and thanksgiving is tomorrow. I'm not surprised but I am a little disappointed in her not showing up this year. I've never had thanksgiving with my mother, ever. Her and I are not close, she didn't raise me and she has a family of her own with a daughter nearly the same age as my oldest daughter. Recently her husband filed for divorce and we've been helping her deal with that, emotionally and financially. Then a few weeks back this medical emergency came up and I was the only one around to help save her, and I did, and I thought it made us closer. It didn't. Her ex-drunk but always super awesome husband has generously pressed pause on the divorce proceeding apparently and she's right back into old patterns, which is fine, I understand from people who have them that they're safe and comforting. My wife has always tried to be super supportive of my mom and super helpful with anything she needed, my wife always thought that if WE just made more of an effort to be close to her than she'd open up and we'd act like family. She's now aware that no one in my family acts like family.