American Family Day 2024
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The day discourages the giving of gifts unless they are one of your time. I try to spend time with my family because lets face it, we're not getting any younger. I try to savor each and every day with my family. Having lost a biological father as well as a step father I have my mother and siblings left. The losses I have experienced remain an empty hurting deep within, the pain of which I suppress only because life is about getting past things.
I'm sorry to say that there was indeed a time when I took my family for granted. Over the years that attrition secondary to loss of family members and the grief it inspires has imparted a new personal attitude. You don't really know how badly you are going to miss someone until after they are gone. I rue the day I never told my daddy things I needed to say.
The day is said to originate in Arizona but I like to think I came about it after personal epiphany. I love my family and I try not to take them for granted. It wasn't always this way.
Happy American Family Day to you and your family.