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How To Quantify Family - Love

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Dolphins live in pods, geese in a gaggle, a herd of buffalo and bees in colonies. Humans group in families. We seem to have this instinct embedded deep inside us driving us to seek family. It throbs like the sound of a river pulsating in the spring, full and powerful, pushing its presence against the shore it travels. Do you ever feel the pull?   Amnicon State Park Scores of family celebrations exist around the world. They’ve emerged because of season changes, religious events, family milestones and calendar years. They bring significance to belonging to a group.   I put a lot of holidays on my calendar out of habit. I can’t let go of the thought of some of them, whether I participate or not. They’re loaded with childhood memories and memories of raising my own children. It’s interesting how some songs and food go with certain holidays and bring memories to the forefront.   I think they also create expectations. The “Shoulds” linked to family-time. Maybe it’s going to a religious servi