Family values

I have just returned from a week of holidays. It was a week full of family celebrations.

There was a celebration for Mother's Day, for a Wedding and one just because.

I am so busy running around in my life that I sometimes forget to give thanks for the gift of my family. I am a truly blessed woman who has an amazing collection of relatives. They have formed me and shaped me. They are brutally honest and endlessly generous. They exhaust me and they give me the strength to go on. They remind of what is most important in life: to love and be loved.

My mother doesn't remember much these days, but when I visit her I believe she knows that she is loved and that she loves me. She may not know who I am, but she knows we are connected. That is good enough for me and I am very, very thankful.