FAMILY AND FRIENDSHIP TIES

There is no such thing as a "broken family." Family is family, and is not determined by marriage certificates, divorce papers, and adoption documents. Families are made in the heart. The only time family becomes null is when those ties in the heart are cut. If you cut those ties, those people are not your family. If you make those ties, those people are your family. And if you hate those ties, those people will still be your family because whatever you hate will always be with you.” C. JoyBell C.

I love ropes, strings, threads, and dental floss. They all have purposes and uses. They tie things or weave things, together. Symbols often show us things that are together, symbols like a ring or flowers. Ties are good for us, unless they are too tight for a business man. Ties can also be difficult for us. No one can live well without ties. To be untied to the good things of connecting relationships is to miss out on what you were made for. Oh, yes, ties grow and stretch you and, sometimes, we want to break them but ties enrich life, ours and others.

I am a mender. I believe mending is a purposeful occupation in life. It has asked a lot of me but it has given me so much. Tying your life with others will get you struggle and challenge but it will get you connection and a future. It will bring you love and smiles and even tears and sorrows...but it will be so worth it in the whole scheme of life.

Broken, ends what has been mended or shatters what has begun or continued. We must take care of broken things and broken people. We do not know if this place will be our place someday. We must remember, we too, may have to cross difficult bridges some day. I want to cross those bridges with someone. Tying strings and threads, tight but with space, bring you the opportunity for love and lasting relationships. It is a most beautiful way to live and love life.Susan xoxoxoxo