Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Amazing Love







Family is a very special place…I got to meet several nieces and nephews that I had not had the pleasure to know. The bonding that took place over the weekend was price~less…no way to ever put a tag on that. Not sure how it when for the fathers and their children, just know that the children and their cousins and aunt and uncles, went amazing!

My great nieces…OMG! They are stunning in their outward appearances and amazingly beauty~full on the inside. They are all honest, kind, caring, loving, sharing, giving, respectful and the best of all…they LOVE to have fun, joke around, model for auntie. Even Uncle Kevin was amazed and it takes a LOT to impress him!

My cousin Jim, his wife Sue and I sat and looked at all those kids (yes, I am including my adult nieces and nephews) and could see the family resemblances in my moms family. We talked about their beauty, their ability to have great fun, which family members were like that. It was great to see all those girls chase their grandpa (or cousin for some) with water balloons and drench him…Malayna, Sarah’s daughter was so cute, she would get him good and as she was running from him she would yell “love you papa!” as she was giggling and laughing. That reminded me so much of my dad when I was growing up…lots of chasing us girls and water fights, sliding hills, target practice with our 22’s…very uplifting with emotional moments.

The best sound ever “Aunt Anna.”

Thursday, July 15, 2010

The Storm is Over



Yesterday was a very, very stormy day...physically, emotionally, spiritually...all the way around…

Family gatherings can often be surrounded by little pictures of drama…and my family is no different than that.

Emotions have run very high with much anticipation and excitement for meeting siblings, cousins, auntie’s, uncles, niece and nephews that we may have never met or only talked to on the phone…will they like me? Will I like them? How will we get along, how will this change my relationship with my parents, siblings…is there enough love?

These kinds of thoughts can spark ‘larger than life’ kinds of fears and emotional ups and downs in our lives…it is my belief that we just take baby steps forward, then shine our ‘light’ in the face of fear and move forward, in love and light…enjoying the bonds of very different individual people who share so very much DNA, both metaphorically and real.

As my parents would tell me all the time…Anna, there is more than enough love to spread around…so I will close for now and update the blog later…I have love to spread…

Have a great day and smile, because you can!