What is family?
What is family? There’s a number of definitions in Merriam-Webster. Without needing to define it, family is something that can often be felt, or seen, even experienced. So I am led to wonder, what, or who is my family? I can clearly define a short answer, as I wake in my home daily to the warm hearts and smiles of my wife and daughters. Does it extend beyond that? Certainly, by blood, I am related to everyone around me. Genealogically we are all approximately 50 th cousins. Should a closer blood relation yield more connectedness? Is that reason enough to care, look out, or otherwise work for another person? Should family be built on ideology alone? It is said to be a good thing to surround yourself with ‘like-minded people.’ At what point does this become a Dogmatic lullaby? So too is it said to challenge oneself by getting outside of your comfort zone, or thinking outside the box. Some follow this path only to end up wandering alone in far reaches. As I ponder th...