If you’re lucky enough to have a family, you’ll understand the end of this week’s podcast. It goes like this:
I saw and heard some family love a little while ago. Actually it was a combination of love and like…and that’s the best combination ever. Our 6 foot 3 son Eric and our 5 foot 3 daughter Kris came to visit with my Lady and me a little while ago. Eric lives in Virginia, and Kris lives in Massachusetts. It was a long trip, in some nasty weather for both of them. Out favorite “Family Restaurant” diner is on the road back to home for both of them. So we stopped there for dinner before they went in their two different directions on US 95 to go home. Eric is a big, powerful guy with a strong baritone voice. Kris is a tiny powerful woman with a lovely alto. When it was time to go, there was a long, long pause. Eric bent down, Kris tip toed up, and they gave each other a hug. A real hug. A long hug. And they made a sound together. A kind of love and like song…no words…just a sound…a family hum…in a strong baritone, and a lovely alto…together. If you’re lucky enough to have a family too, you’ll understand.
Family is so important and so are hugs…the latter, very difficult, if the family lives so far apart…so , in technology -driven 2015, we do “virtual “hugs with my nephew in Las Vegas via Skype!
Cheers!