Secret Passages

There is something satisfying about being with family at holiday time or any time

unconditional love from families that know us ~

wrapping each other in invisible cloaks 

soft, warm and comfortable 

finding secret passages past childhood rivalries tempered by shifting, growing maturity ~

stitching unfortunate fraying tears 

to create newness and love 

while learning how to live

growing and dancing from one family to another 

stumbling through new dance steps or running headlong into expectations 

accepting bumps and bruises, 

listening to joyful exclamations or broken hearts

drying tears and sharing laughter

stepping away when only silence will do 

all with the grace, laughter and love that only a family knows.

“Life makes fools of all of us sooner or later. But keep your sense of humour 

and you’ll at least be able to take your humiliations with some measure of 

grace. In the end, you know, its our own expectations that crush us.”

~ Paul Murray,  Skippy Dies