Hi there, I trust you all had a great Holiday filled with family, love, warmth and kindness. I spent the holiday with some wonderful people i call ... my family. I know... it is a stretch for some of you! My family is scattered all over the country now and my children are getting older. Some starting families of their own. The last few weeks i have thought a lot about what the word family means. We all grow up and move away...devastating our parents as we go. As the family dynamic changes so does our understanding of the basic family unit. So many of us have abandon the idea of traditional families and the ties they share. Divorce is far more common than communication. Making a family work is an extremely difficult and painstaking task that we are far too often willing to give up on. I am a divorcee with a family that resembles a quilt. It is nice to warm your self with a quilt of your own making when things are tough. So embrace your family...no matter how tattered and word. You can always add a new patch to a perfect quilt.