Admiring Family Ties
What common thread binds families together?
Must be those silent unspeakable memories
Which hide in the attics of our minds
Gathering dust, but never brushed away
Episodes of loving, laughing, defending each other
Strengthen emotions to immeasurable depths
Wanting not, wasting not treasured moments
That natural instinct directs along the way
Domestic chatter that may breed bitterness
Welcomes forgiveness with open arms
Knowing a quarrel is momentary
Quickly resolved and not for keeps
Times with friends, pets, even the common cold
Bare little resemblance to a naked forest
But instead resemble a sheltered canopy
To inherently stay even while winter sleeps
Recollections of coveting Mom’s cake batter bowl
Hiding tooth brushes, locking the bathroom door
Borrowing money without any vision of payback
Reveal frowns only later lifted with a kiss
Family ties shed radiant lights like chatoyant gems
Making us at our absolute worst look our best
Are never meant to be broken
And ultimately become bondages of bliss
©2009 Remembering
Sharla Lee Shults
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catnipoflife 
Lovely! This brings back some wonderful memories!!
Wow! That was quick…you have to be the first to read it. We are both up too late…time for zzzzzzs
I love this Sharla! MY GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD!
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:23 PM, catnipoflife
you awake good memories to me 🙂
Lovely, Sharla….happy families are so lucky!!!
Brilliant, Sharla
A very positive spin. Maybe that’s just what the doctor ordered 🙂
This is such a beautiful impressive and memory loaded blog post!! Thanks for sharing this!
I remember my brother and I fighting over the cake batter bowls! Passed that jewel of a memory on to my children 🙂 Our middle daughter always wanted me to scoop out a portion of the batter and save it for her. She had rather have had the batter than the actual cake! Could you guess her favorite ice cream? LOL 🙂
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 7:06 PM, catnipoflife