The Ties That Bind

I started off this post and restarted once more to unload my brain of some idea about family connectivity and the way science just skims the surface on explaining about family ties.

What made me think of posting this entry is because everyday that I check my Facebook account and read or see photos and entries shared by members of my family who have Facebook a feeling of lightness of heart and now awe come over me. Several thoughts run through my mind like how was I assigned to this family or is the human race grouped in Sudoku style where the combination of numbers depend on the other squares?

As much as I want to post the answer to my question, I can't...This much I just know, families are gifted with each presence, each member is not misplaced or mistakenly put, even children adopted into a family are meant to be there...

One thing I've experienced is that no matter how much I'd disagree or not like what a family member has done, the love and humility or concern about their welfare still surfaces.

I guess the invisible ties that have us bound to family is often strengthened in love .

Music Prompts

There's a T-shirt design that says "I come with my own background music..." with a beatbox image. Sometimes it takes music to help thoughts become profound and absolutely clearer. Which brings me to "See It My Way"- Cabin Ghosts, last week onto the weekend marked the days it took me to be on the last stretch going home. In a previous post, "Death by Ballpoint 2", I anticipated the worst which did happen. Yet as in all things in life the good does triumph.

"but i can see a million miles through the dark when the lights are on you... ill make it back to your door...let me back in the boat, let me back in your arms and let me cry like til the wind I know you need me babe..."

I guess the need is mutual in all families...every leaf or branch that falls away in estrangement or natural causes is less of the family you started out with. Remembering my distress, I know how it feels to be angry at family. But I do understand how it made me feel more alone than ever and how much my need defines my place in the world of family ties.



The whole album of Cory Chisel is a modern day Bread-type of sound that just inspires you to have it in the background while toiling away...