Circle of love
At Chris' wedding the priest kept mentioning the circle of love now, a year from now, 50 years from now that Chris and Angela would be extending. I think at one point, I kind of turned the idea off because he referred to it numerous times, but I still love the concept. I found myself thinking about Bob and I and how we have 4 beautiful children, but for some reason, I couldn't get how that circle of love has had a chance to be wide yet, then I went more global with it, as I tried to fall asleep at 2 a.m. and realized that I had to back it up a generation to my mom and dad.
It has almost been 30 years without mom, but look at the base she and dad created.....2 girls.....dad brought Bill into the picture through softball, who brought Bob into the picture, through softball and now we have extended to 7 children, who will bring their own into the circle at some point. All from a seed of love of Dad and Mom.
Not only has the family extended, but let's look at what the family does....Tracey helps lives all the time in a desperate and difficult urban society...she is the only stable thing some of those kids have. Although I cannot claim to be that helpful, in my job, I do get kids through tough times without scolding or demeaning them, as I have come to realize most adults do. Then our kids....a homeless man sat next to us in a mall in Baltimore and at least 3 out of our 7 kids wanted to and did give him money.....Jeff broke up a fight on the bus one day-he didn't have to get involved; Connor gets family together every chance he gets.....Brendan would not give out any information about Kelly and her boyfriend-no matter how hard I tried; they protect each other in their own little cirlce. Nicki who is always thinking about people and their feelings....Katie who seems so easy going, but still (okay not still-very talkative) waters run deep-concerned for how people feel and doing things without needing to be acknowledged for them and then there's Keera, who let Douglas have her birdhouse before she even brought it home to us, for a week, because he didn't make one in school.
The cirlce of love keeps going and going. I really like what that priest said...it makes sense of all the heartache and disappointment life can bring you because in the end...it's all good.
It has almost been 30 years without mom, but look at the base she and dad created.....2 girls.....dad brought Bill into the picture through softball, who brought Bob into the picture, through softball and now we have extended to 7 children, who will bring their own into the circle at some point. All from a seed of love of Dad and Mom.
Not only has the family extended, but let's look at what the family does....Tracey helps lives all the time in a desperate and difficult urban society...she is the only stable thing some of those kids have. Although I cannot claim to be that helpful, in my job, I do get kids through tough times without scolding or demeaning them, as I have come to realize most adults do. Then our kids....a homeless man sat next to us in a mall in Baltimore and at least 3 out of our 7 kids wanted to and did give him money.....Jeff broke up a fight on the bus one day-he didn't have to get involved; Connor gets family together every chance he gets.....Brendan would not give out any information about Kelly and her boyfriend-no matter how hard I tried; they protect each other in their own little cirlce. Nicki who is always thinking about people and their feelings....Katie who seems so easy going, but still (okay not still-very talkative) waters run deep-concerned for how people feel and doing things without needing to be acknowledged for them and then there's Keera, who let Douglas have her birdhouse before she even brought it home to us, for a week, because he didn't make one in school.
The cirlce of love keeps going and going. I really like what that priest said...it makes sense of all the heartache and disappointment life can bring you because in the end...it's all good.
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