Family Portrait

I'm having an "I miss my family and the way things use to be" day.

I miss being little. I miss not having a care in the world. I miss playing catch with my Dad across the street until it was dark. I miss forcing my brother to play house outside. I miss my Mom making french toast on Saturday mornings and watching cartoons. I miss family dinners, car rides to Pine City, stories before bed, and all the hugs and kisses. My parents weren't perfect. They were young when they had me and 4 years later had my brother. They struggled but we were never without. We didn't take yearly vacations to anywhere exotic, but our memories we shared at home were priceless. My parents split after only 13 years of marriage but the picture above is a snapshot of what I will forever hold onto. All the happiness and love that was felt.