Grateful for Family

As I muse the last few days of spending time with family and friends, feasting and enjoying each others company, it leaves me with grateful memories of the genuine love we share. It is a tradition for us to all gather with my mother and her husband for a grand and savory meal of special dishes you wouldn't find at any restaurant. My mother's husband, Ed, is a most eloquent and engaging speaker, whom I consider to be the well accepted patriarch of the family. His prayers before the meal, as we all gather in a circle, hands joined and heads bowed, is always such a masterpiece of heartfelt expression. This year was no different, but the added blessing to us all was his beautifully shared benediction of poetry spoken at the close our farewells. I don't take this for granted because this is my very special family for which there is no equal, and I am most grateful and blessed to be a part.