Family

Family is everything, even if we have our differences and argue at times. I love family, the concept  of it and the idea of all of it. I love getting together with my older children and their spouses and their children. I like visiting with my siblings and their families.  I miss having a complete family though. Complete to me is having a husband. With two failed marriages I'm not sure I would trust another chance at it. And I don't miss my ex-husbands in the least. I miss the idea of a happy marriage though. I miss the good times, which were not too often, in both marriages. The bad was real bad and completely outweighed the good.

This is why I love quails. They are my favorite bird and have been for as long as I can remember. One time I was driving through the post office by my house to drop off letters into one of the big blue postal mail boxes. A family of quail crossed in front of my car. There was a mom, a dad, and six, I believe, babies. I know that the quail mate for life and both the male and female take care of their babies. I love that. I sat in my car in awe of this beautiful family crossing my path.
Where I live now I see many families of quail. I still sit in awe of them. They somehow give me hope, maybe one day I'll have a soul mate too. Maybe the old saying third times a charm will actually work for me.