[andysandmikesmom]

I am just glad that your family was there to help you...there are so many families, where the various members are at odds with each other, and dont even speak to each other anymore...and often this is over matters, that were not that big to begin with, but have been allowed to fester...

To me, family is everything in the world....everyone does something that maybe other family members dont like, or dont approve of...but above all, family should remember that they are family, and tied by blood...I think that means something...

I know of people who have cut off all ties with their children for reasons that to me are really ridiculous...and I think that the parents suffer and the children, even tho they are adults, suffer also...

Life on this earth is so really very very short, and too short to be taken up with disagreements, and arguements, and nit picking, and such....

Well, anyway, thats how I look at it...

[palo verde]

I have had ups and downs with both my mom and brother
ever since I told them I was new age
and what my new beliefs were
I had to tell my mother, cause after my dad went to Heaven I wanted our relationship to be real
I didnt realize my brother would disrespect me when I told him
(I was first born, and 5 years older than he is)
I think it is ok to have bumpy times
but I agree with you, these are our most important relationships
and no effort is too great, to bring them to fruition
Love, Palo