Memories.....sweet remembrances of my family fill my mind and heart at this time of year. We live 643-840 miles apart, but we love each other tremendously! I realize that we are very lucky in our family to be so close and to want to talk to each other and spend time together. I know some families do not share that closeness and I wish I could change that for several friends who do not have that closeness. And, I am very grateful that our family does share that closeness! I do not mean that as a boast, that is a true place a gratitude in my heart!!! I know it is rare and I cannot thank God enough for it every day!
I have two older sisters and one younger brother, one brother-in-law, one sister-in-law, plus my son, three wonderful nieces, two incredible nephews, two amazing great nieces and my brother's two grandkids. We have so much fun together when we are able to get together.........most of my family lives in Ohio,Texas and Virginia, and one recently moved to Belize. Recalling their faces and their smiles fills my heart with joy. We tease, we joke, we laugh, we taunt each other and we love each other. Goofiness abounds when we are together!
My siblings and I have a series of "decade" photos: Our thirty-something, forty-something, fifty-something and our sixty-something years we have captured in photos!!! It is so much fun, but how did we get that old??? Ha! Ha! My oldest sister turns 70 this year, so a new decade is upon us. Wow............six decades of love and joy and laughter and yes, heartache, sorrow and tears have filled our paths as well. But, what holds us together is LOVE!
A deep abiding love that stems from our parents and grandparents and great grandparents! Despite the troubles we have seen, we still gather and enjoy each other's company and cherish those moments.
Tell me, do you have sweet memories of your family or friends in your life? I hope so! Cherish them! Enjoy them! Spend time with them. Tell them how much they mean to you! Tell them as often as you can!!! Don't take for granted that they "know" you love them...........tell them! Show them! Hug them!!!
As I write out my Thanksgiving cards again this year, there is a saying that I found years ago that expresses the depth of my heart:
"Like an old country road,
Our Thanksgiving memories always lead us to the warm, familiar places we love...
And to the cherished faces waiting there."
Go to those warm, familiar places..........cherish those faces........let go of any unpleasant things of the past.....let by-gones be by-gones! Forgive..........start over.......call them, text them, email them, have lunch or dinner with them, take them to the grocery, run errands with them, pick up leaves with them, throw snowballs at them.........whatever way you can find to show your heart.........and love, really love those in your life! Tell them often!!!
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