I hope I don’t cause a hurtful dialogue by quoting Robert Frost, the poet, when he said, “Home is the place when you have to go there, they have to take you in!”
Note the “have to” in his quote! Because we all know, that that might not be true for everyone. But this whole week has been one of those reunions!! And everyone, either in body or in spirit who attended were taken in.
I believe these occasions are important for our psyches for the connection to our lives, with not only those who are there, but more importantly, with those who are not. Not only those separated by death, or by distance either emotionally, or physically, but for our own ability to visit the past happenings of our own life.
The very best thing that can happen at a family reunion is where love is shared, faults forgiven, differences accepted, and honor restored and thankfulness expressed for those men and women who gave us the gift of life itself. Charlie and Annie Raines were in full presence this week as we expressed all of the above to each other. Thank you God for family.
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