The 5 Hayworths were together for the first time in forever and for the last time ever. We celebrated the occasion by running errands, going out to eat and buying these fabulous Startrek sweaters — one of my only impulse buys. Normally I would have been a stickler over $17.50, but I was buying more than a sweater. I was buying something hard to get: a sense of unity. Unity is what family should be all about. An unspoken knowledge that no matter what happens and no matter what someone does, everyone will be right there, loving, caring, and possibly laughing.

My sister just replaced her last name. A beautiful bride she was. Absolutely stunning. Thankfully, she married a Trekkie, so we don’t have to banish her. Ally was always mellow. It was hard to get her visibly excited about anything. But she was excited to marry her man, Daniel. The looks on both their faces when she walked down the aisle brought tears to my eyes. You could tell, just from their visage, that they were 1oo%, no doubt about it, in love. In fact, I’ve never seen her so happy as she was that day. So although the Hayworths are now only a collective of 4, we have a trek club of 6. And who knows when a little number 7 might pop into the equation.

Me, Kate, Ally, and Rachel before the wedding.