I wrote this after a family reunion, so many emotions, love, competition, different opinions, but still our common experiences keep us close, we are family.

Love, family
a mixed bag of nuts
seemingly random, but
somehow not so.
Different personalities
Kind hearts,
full of love
and competition and
warm and cold feelings.
Differences in opinions,
blue and red
Opposing views that are
Black and white
All meshed into one
big ball of feelings,
complicated ones
that hurt at times
and  joyous in others.
But wrapped up in
each others arms-
love abounds despite
all the differences
in placement and
politics and religion.
Painful and yet often
joy filled,
empty and full at the
same time.
Opposites that attract
like magnets
love ever encompassing
filling me up
with happiness and
sometimes a mix of feelings.
Each emotion we take
gladly.
We have the good fortune
to call ourselves family.
Our own tribe
and forever members,
attached by
common experiences.
History so deep and
memories printed forever in
our minds.
We are all part of each
other, forever family,
forever attached.

Julie Roberts 6-1-2017