My Family Wish

I've been thinking a lot about family lately. My family is spread all over the Eastern United States. Little groups and single members are randomly strewn across the map. There are hundreds of miles between most of us. Over the years, some of us have lived close enough to each other to allow for day visits or even close enough to meet for dinner. But that has been many years and many moves ago. Now we look to even-yeared holidays when the whole lot of us can be together. In between, there are random visits, travel plans converging in Tennessee, business trips that bring some within a rental car's driving distance of another.

I know of families whose members all live in the same community. They share the day to day. My family does not know what that is like. Being all together has its appeal to a family spread out like mine. But I am sure there would be drawbacks of such togetherness. There would be a few wrinkles to iron out. But I think we could make things lay nicely.

One thing about my family is that behind all our history, underneath all the idiosyncracies lies the desire for the best for each other. There is a common wish, may be at times masked by our individual quirks and opinions, but shared nonetheless.

The miles still divide us today, but with the help of pictures, music and internet wonder, I feel a little closer to my family this morning. This is my wish for you...

This photo slideshow personalized with Smilebox