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Monday, February 19, 2024

The Beautiful Blessing of Family to Love

It is Family Day in Ontario...




We bring out the best or the worst in each other
Through blood-bond (or bondage) of sister and brother
Of father and mother and uncles and aunts
Of Niece-nephew-cousins, and gramma and gramps
A lineage of names, frames and faces are we
Comprising the faction, that we call family

Fabric work of freundschaft, (relatives) of hand-me-down traits
Of stature, demeanor, chins, noses and gaits
Of quirks we don’t notice or question because
That’s just the way our family ‘does’ /was
A birds-of-a-feather Forever are we
By a genetic tether that we call Family

We banter and bicker, share laughter and tears
Because blood is thicker than water or years
We bear a fond bond, whether near or afar
Of a sense of belonging wherever we are
Because what makes ‘us’ transcends geography
Distance cannot sever cords of family

Of father and mother and brother and sis
Precious imperfection and terrible bliss
A beautiful chaos of ancestral ties
Grandpa Joe’s cowlick and Granny’s blue eyes
A come-from-a-long-line-of-proud pedigree
We are and will always be family

We are much more than mere faces in frames
Or leaves on a branch on a tree full of names
We are love-pray-for-and help one another
We are a thank-you God for father, mother
Where no one can take the place of you or me
When it comes to our part in a family

We gather 'round tables, 'round cradles, 'round graves
We celebrate triumphs and weather grief's waves
And wonder, where in God's wide world we would be
Without the dear people we call family 
Where, pray that we never lose humble sight of
The beautiful blessing of family to love

© Janet Martin

My first family
Photo Sept. 2023
Mom and dad and all ten of us...
(Celebrating my parent's 60th wedding anniversary)

My next family
After 35 years of marriage...
photo Nov.2023
Thank-you, Lord



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