FAMILY

Family is such a beautiful word.   It is not in blood that there exists real family.   It is not in having the same last name or relations.   Family is the shared memories of life.  

When family can get together and remember the birth of children, witnessing marriage vows, and crying over the death of patricharchs, it is then that you have family.   It is MEMORY and it is a bond and a connection that moves through the ages and touches the past, the present and the future.
Family is a magical word!   Treasure your family and invest in such for it is one of the few things in life that can be timeless.

*Allen Ashlock, 2014