Five Minute Friday: Together

I'm trying something new here on Fridays. Or Saturdays if I'm running late.

I'm joining in with Lisa Jo Baker for a five minute writing session.  The basic idea is that a prompt is given weekly, then I spend only five minutes writing whatever comes to mind. You can get the full scoop here. And maybe think about joining in!



This week's prompt is Together.

Together.

We're better together, as Jack Johnson likes to sing.

And I believe it's true with this family of mine.

I love it when I get to have all my kids together around the dinner table.

Laughing together. Fighting together, Annoying together. Being loud together.

Together makes me feel complete. And I can tell it makes my family feel complete. Even if they don't know it just yet. While they are still kids. But I can see the joy in their faces when they are together. And I know it is true in their hearts.

It feels like old times, before life marched on and one moved out.

And now my family is a bit bigger when we're together. A new daughter and grand baby.

Sometimes I wonder what life will be like in 5 years....in 10.

How big will we be when we are all together. How crazy and chaotic. How big will the dinner table need to be. How big will my heart become as we grow from being a family of six, to a family of eight, to a family of who knows how many.

But I do know that I want to be smack dab in the middle of together, holding onto my husband's hand, relishing every moment!