Losing Family....

Sean Connery said it best in 'Finding Forrester', "Losing family obliges us to find our family. Not always the family that is our blood, but the family that can become our blood. And should we have the wisdom to open our door to this new family, we will find that the wishes and hopes we once had, for the father who once guided us, for the brother who once inspired us, those wishes are there for us once again."

The fact is the more we lose family, the more family we find. While our new family members are never meant to replace the ones we've lost, they stand as constant reminders of the love and familiar care that we once expressed and will always hold dear.

And just like blood-relatives they are always there providing the consistency one needs to grieve and the support to get through it all. Most importantly, your family will refresh and reaffirm your faith. Not only faith in humanity, but your faith in God. They are the arrows that direct you to the Comforter, for in them you find that although they are strong when you need them, their mortal strength will only be a pillar for so long.

To the family....
Let us never forget that we are the beacons, the way-marks and our role is only to map-out the path and allow God to apply His soothing balm.

Let us love, now more than ever, each other and find comfort, solace and refuge in the family!

T.O.T.D: "We Cannot Lay Aside The Memory Of Those Who, Before Us, Have Departed Because They Have Become Us And We Them. We Must, Then, Cherish Their Memory As We Do Our Very Beings!!!-----Elias Orville Dupuis