Wow, thanks for all these comments. It was so helpful for me to hear from everyone.

After reading all your comments I am certain my brother thinks I am even more nuts, demanding, and troublesome.

I also feel really old-fashioned because I don't want to hear about any death in the family by being on some "B" list group-text. But I am talking about Aunts and Uncles, and first cousins.


I kind of miss the simple times when I was young. My mother always called me with news. And I lived in some remote places, too. This was long before computers and cell phones...and I can remember feeling...deeply connected. My mother would not have had "B" lists.