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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Family


When you think about the evolution of a family it is quite amazing. We are born into this world as tiny helpless babies, totally dependent upon the care and nurturing of two other people….our mother and father (our parents).

We have grandparents…who are the parents of our parents. Our parents once were little tiny babies just like we were, and so were our grandparents, and so it was on down the line back through our ancestors.

Our parents take very good care of us and we grow and learn and grow and learn until we are old enough to find a companion and get married. Then we begin to have little babies of our very own. We become parents.

We raise our little children and take good care of them. They grow and learn and grow and learn until they are old enough to find a companion and get married. Then they begin to have little babies of their own. They become parents and we become grandparents..

The cycle goes on and on and on, through time.

Each family is very unique. The mother brings with her the background, culture, and traditions of the family that she was raised up in. And the father is the same. So here are two people from different backgrounds coming together and blending their different heritages. They bring forth children who inherit something from each of their parents backgrounds. Then each child in that family marries someone who comes from totally different backgrounds, cultures, and traditions. Then they have children who inherit the combined cultures not only from their parents, but their grandparents on both sides of the family on down through time. This creates all different backgrounds of heritages within the family.

What an awesome and marvelous thing it is, when you really ponder about it all. And life goes on and on through the ages….blending all these people and their different cultures and backgrounds together. What a tremendous potpourri of heritages.

Can you imagine what it will be like in the spirit world after this life, when we all meet again as a complete family. So much diversity! It will be very interesting, indeed.