This year our family looks different. There are members missing. A couple passed away...and one left home. Honorable Son #2 has moved away from home.
Thanksgiving was the first holiday ever he was not home. It was the first holiday ever our family was missing a member.
There is something not complete about the family when it gathers and anyone is missing. The table seems a little bigger...the people a little sad...and the mood a little dim.
Life in general is hard...especially for children. Children...all of us were one, some of us still consider ourselves one. Children have it rough.
Poor children, when we first venture out, it all seems new and exciting. Not even a thought is given to those we leave behind. We forge our own adventures. Make our own memories. We are Grown Ups! Individuals! Our own person!
The excitement is overwhelming sometimes. It's not until we are old before we realize the gift we had in being children. Sometimes it's not until we are old that we realize the gift we had in family.
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