Family Love . . .

  Sister Sledge ~ We are Family

 

  

⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered,

it keeps no record of wrongs.

⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

 

    ⁸ Love never fails.

~ 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

 

Family love.... Family being those we are biologically related to and those we are related to by heart and choice...       It starts the minute we are born (maybe before we are born)  the love which would be so difficult to live without. (I know it does not happen for everyone ~ that truly breaks my  heart ~ but for many of us the love is there.  I know in my family it happened. Seems to be passed down from generation to  generation).   Of course, not all is always sunshine and roses...   at a very early age there is the, "Mama, she took my toy" and  the "Mama, he hit me" but the love is there just the same. It was  there when we were saying our prayers together at night. It was and is there now with the hugs that comfort you when you  cry or when you hurt. The love is there watching each other  complete a goal we have started.... the pride and love that is  shown ... the encouragement that is given to get us to the goal!!!  All things that make this a wonderful life.   When something wonderful happens in your life .....   the first people you want to share it with are those you love ~  your family and your family of friends! When things are not going  so well as they sometimes will do ~ who is there for you ~ who  can you depend on for love and support....   yes, that family and family of friends.   My mother tucked me in at night, she fixed the scraped places  on my knees and calmed away my fears ~ she also spanked me  when I needed it!  And now, many years later, who is still picking me up when I fall or calming away my fears?............. yes, Mama.   She has a big network now (bet she is glad ~ took a lot of work  off her).  That network is made up of sisters, my children, other family, my family of friends, my co-worker friends,  those  people that seem to touch my life so often and in so many ways.      I use to tell my children that no matter what happened to them  out in the world when they walked through the door at home ~  those people inside loved them no matter what!  They might not  always like how they act or react to something but they love  them no matter what...  The same is still true today.  They know  they are loved unconditionally. They know they can call anytime  of the day or night.   Even though I work at night I don't turn my  phone off in the day time to sleep just in case they need me.  They are there for me too. Family does that.      The love, the caring, the encouragement and belief in you.....   Why would you ever need any more than that?

 

 

WISHING MY MULTIPLY FAMILY  A

 WONDERFUL WEEK ~

 TIME SPENT WITH THOSE YOU LOVE ~

 BY PHONE, BY CAR, BY TRAIN OR PLANE,

 IN HEART, IN PERSON ~ JUST DO IT

START WITH A HUG... 

AND SEE IF IT ISN'T A GREAT WEEK!!!