There are few relationships in life as close as family. We normally don't get to choose our family, but it hardly matters. The connections we form are powerful and long lasting. Many people define their entire lives through family--certainly the stereotypical mob does. But, there's more to those connections than simple blood. Family is tied together most powerfully by commitment to each other, and that commitment often doesn't even need to be expressed because it's understood at such a deep level.
During Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years, we Americans tend to gather with family and feast and carry on with all sorts of revelry. It's important to us to maintain those connections. Those of us with family at far flung distances are sad when we can't share those times of togetherness, but we still share the connections despite the separation. It makes for a strange happy and sad time all mixed up in a boiling stew of emotion.
I wish you all a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. Hug your loved ones close, and whisper in their ears that you care and don't mind their silliness the rest of the year. We all have our blemishes. Find the time to forget them and enjoy each other's company.
- M
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