The Importance of Family

the first four siblings (David came along later)

 My mother and her four siblings, along with their father (my grandfather - if you know me you know that I adore this man) are headed to our little cabin in the woods this weekend for some rare time together. My grandmother would be there too except that she's been gone from us for a long time. oh yes, and they had a scandalous divorce.

These five siblings are very different in their lifestyles, personalities, and values. And yet they've stayed together as family through the years and supported each other more than most families. Despite their differences they have these things in common:

1. The same sense of humor
2. The very same blue eyes
3. Many, many shared memories
4. A belief that nothing is more important than family

all five siblings + my grandmother. note: that is not a lion. that is my uncle Louis.

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.

I Corinthians 13