Family Ties

                              Four of Six

"The family.  We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together."
 ~Erma Bombeck


This week there were a lot of events that required our family to come together. Crisis situations required the prayers and counsel that only family members can provide. Birthdays, weddings, and doctor's appointments. Details of new jobs and medical treatments are all shared through the family grapevine. Stories and bragging and seeking approval and advice are all the stuff of our phone chats and letters. We still write real letters on paper and send through the mail. There is something magical about getting a thank you note or an invitation or a birthday card in the mail. It takes the sting out of the pile of bills. It is something real to hold in your hand and look at more than once. And it is becoming a rarer thing.

 Ok, I am now inspired to write some letters. 
I am going to buy some blank cards and begin my Christmas card making even though it is early in November.