Family

I went home for a few days recently.

My family home.

My parents still live in the house I grew up in.

It is a house filled with memories, and love.

The same chair where I sat on my Mums knee as an infant, that I now sit in with my daughter when we visit.

The dining room where my family shared Christmas meals after opening gifts.

The bedroom I shared with my older sister.

Every square inch of the house is crammed with memories.

As is the village it is located in.

And going there I feel the love and strength that the wealth of memories gives me.

It is a mental recharge. A reset of me as I was. And helps me remember who I am.

The impact of this recent visit was so strong it made me consider the effect of family division.

If you can draw so much strength from a visit to your family home.

Imagine the personal and collective impact of a family divided.

This is a topic close to my heart as a single parent.

I often ponder the full impact of divorced parents on a child or children, no matter how cordial the parental relationship remains.

Between family there is an unseen bond that gives us strength, almost as if it has been woven into a tapestry.

Or set in stone.

Family fosters a collective well-being that deserves our respect - for the sake of ourselves, and all of our family members.

And separation, divorce, or discord does not change that.

If there is a divide in your family, any divide, do everything you can to mend it.

Through resolution or acceptance.

Focus on the light, always.

This article was originally published in my newsletter on 1st April 2026.