My younger daughter's boy friend works in a bakery/cafe, and Sunday night he came bearing all kinds of goodies: quiches, sandwiches, bread, tarts, and little pizzas. I had an amazing hot dog kind of thing last night for dinner, and tonight is the tarts with a salad. I am ever so thrilled I won't have to make dinner, just heat it up, but it won't be fast food, it will be real food. He's also a genius on the computer, and has helped me out several times, and he is great at training our dogs, and has many other admirable qualities. Part of the benefits of having kids is they bring with them the whole world, and your experiences enlarge without you lifting a finger.
I enjoy my son-in-law's and daughter-in-law's families, and eagerly await news of nieces and nephews, great aunts and sisters. After many years of seeing my blood family diminish, here is this expansion that will simply move outward and grow. It's a lovely reminder of connection, and how we touch others' lives in subtle as well as obvious ways.
So bring on the relatives, the relatives' relatives, the not-by-blood family members, the friends of the families, the dogs, the cats, the canaries. I embrace them all.
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