Hearting Family

Some days, like now, I just want to say to the world that I love my family. Sure, sometimes Tess* is a little moody, I don’t get to see Jamie or her daughter Dawn as much as I’d like, and the lot of them tend not to reply to messages as much as I’d hope (though Scarlet does pretty good)….even so, my heart is always full with the fact that they love me, too.

It’s always easy to turn to the love formula: take the amount you think of yourself, each day; then take the amount you think of the others, each day; if the final total is more them than you, then it’s love. And the fact is that I do think of them a lot every single day for many years now.

I could really expand on this, me being the wordy type, but the fact is that they simply make me happy and fill my soul with love (both giving and receiving). Our relationship is a little unconventional, but that in no way lessens how we feel about each other. I am so lucky that they became a part of my life.

I’m just sayin’