Family and Friends (Famends)

Today I skyped with my daughter. I have to admit that I love today's technology. With skype I saw my darling daughter and my grand kids. I have three beautiful granddaughters and one handsome grandson, from 9 to 2 years old. The baby always gets excited and kisses the computer screen and my granddaughters, I can tell - which does my heart very, very good - are happy to talk with me. And I get to see my daughter, even though we are on the computer, still going about her life. I get to see her in action as a mom and that makes her feel not as far away, plus very proud, she is a great mom. Then my boyfriend spent over an hour on the phone with his sister. I know we both truly benefited from the contact.

Even though we live thousands of miles apart, we still need family. Growing up I used to tell my Dad that I wished the United States was only as big as Rhode Island, then family would never be too far away. But that isn't the case.

We all go day to day, working and living our normal lives. We think of the others in our family and our friends, but don't make the effort to reach out to them. And nowadays we have no excuse.

I understand that there are the sad circumstances where families don't talk, for a variety of reasons. But that is where our friends come in. Stand in family. You don't have to have the same blood running through your veins to make a person family. Family is made through the heart, with or without the blood.

Family/Friends "famends" are an essential part of a person's life. Yes, we need to rely upon ourselves to make our lives what we what them to be, but involving your famends can add more to the journey. Specially to our rest stops along the way.

So don't be worried about asking your famends for help and support. The true famends are the ones that accept you no matter what. I had a friend in MI and every time I had a bad fight with a boyfriend she ALWAYS opened her door and her heart to me. She told me that he wasn't good for me and she was right, but I always went back, but 2 months or so down the road, when I knocked on her door -again - she opened her all for me. I know she has earned a special place in heaven for that.

Acquiring famends will only add to your empowerment, because when you are strong within yourself, they know they can come to you and you will return the favor of an ear, heart, shoulder, couch, money whatever you are able to offer and whatever they need, When you reach out and help a famend the strength that you put out for them comes back at least threefold.

So when famends come to you and reach out to you, to lend support, whether it be by a phone call or email or even snail mail accept it in the love in which it is intended, and when your famends come to you in need, even if you feel all out of the energy needed to be there for them, reach down and find that reserve I've talked about before. You will be amazed a what will happen, like watering a plant, the larger your reserve will become. The more empowered you will feel, the happier your heart will be and the world around will become a better place, all thanks to you.