Family Bonding

Family weekends end too soon.
Vacation returns to a bout of staycation
For my sons, employment beckons

Short bursts of family, food and fun
times of rebonding, reconnecting and recovery
a trip to the candy shop for licorice and chocolate
sweet times at the beach with the dogs

A group selfie just at evening’s end
(that’s pup Eva’s ear at the bottom of the picture)
Time to sleep...................

“We are like islands in the sea, separate on 

the surface but connected in the deep.”

~ William James

Author's note: edited December 27, 2023