YEAR 2 of Reunion...
I spent the holiday with my son and his family. This was the very first Christmas morning that we have had together. And although spending it with my grandchildren was exciting it was the fact that I could watch the magic of my sons' eyes as he watched his children. I was touched deep to my core with love for all of them.
My son made me a clock...the second homemade gift I have received from him...I was thrilled because he took time out of his busy schedule to make something for me...it holds a space in my living room where I can see it every day...reminding me that time is now on my side to have a relationship with him...that time did not break the bond that we share as mother and son.
While visiting I met his brother...this is the first family member I have met. I was honored that he wanted to finally meet me...he was celebrating his brothers' happiness...he was celebrating our reunion...and it made me very aware of the different love we all have in our lives...the different bonds...the different ties.
The family relationships of love are so many and so diverse. There is the mothers' love for her child. A husbands' love for his wife. A brothers' love for his brother. I know that our family is not just gifted with blood relationships but rather it is grounded in love. There are bonds that attach him to his family...and there are bonds that attach him to his newly reunited family. Old bonds and new bonds...each inevitably leading to loving unions.
We meld and join them together as best as we can.
PS: One of the gifts I finally decided on for him this Christmas was a custom made Kaleidoscope...With a note that said: I see the world differently now...and it is beautiful. ( A sentence he had written to me in a letter)
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