That's a lovely story, Tim. It is indeed so good to have family you can rely on at times like these.
I have a humongous family myself (my five brothers and one sister produced lots of nephews and nieces for me, and they have produced even more great-nephews and great-nieces for me - the three generations are approaching 50 in number, and my own cousins make up countless more). Although we don't always see eye to eye, in a massive clan you can always ignore the irritating ones until the dust settles, then carry on regardless.
And I'm one of the irritating ones from time to time, I'm sure.
I have a humongous family myself (my five brothers and one sister produced lots of nephews and nieces for me, and they have produced even more great-nephews and great-nieces for me - the three generations are approaching 50 in number, and my own cousins make up countless more). Although we don't always see eye to eye, in a massive clan you can always ignore the irritating ones until the dust settles, then carry on regardless.
And I'm one of the irritating ones from time to time, I'm sure.