past, present, future

I thank God for the good friends and family who celebrated my mother's seventy fifth birthday yesterday. My mother didn't want any "fuss" as she said but my older sisters insisted on having a few friends and family over for lunch and at the end of the festivities she admitted that she enjoyed herself.

Over the years there has been a huge chasm in my family but this last month has brought a lot of changes in our family dynamic and I look forward to my daughter growing up in a much closer and loving extended family.