Painting by Belynda Wilson Thomas

The family is the basis of society. As the family is, so is the society, and it is human beings who make a family not the quantity of them, but the quality of them. Ashley Montagu

Do we need a day to celebrate our families? Every day do we celebrate them in some way? Being a grandparent gives us a fuller sense of family as we watch our children become parents our lives become fuller, richer, and deeper.

Some people think they are too young to be a grandparent, we are however old we are, and being a grandparent shouldn’t make us feel older, it should gladden our hearts in ways we can’t imagine. A friend is waiting for her twin grandchildren to be born, double the fun, and double the joy.

We have a short time on this earth, and there is much to fit in, but what is more important than family? One might even wonder why we do the other things; if not for family. If we are fortunate we come from a close-knit family, whether large or small, and we build a close-knit family of our own.

Is Family Day hard for those who gave up on family because of disagreements, unmet expectations, or misunderstandings? If we talk to people who built families and stayed together, we know it wasn’t always easy, because life has its ups and downs, for all of us.

Of all the days we celebrate, and let’s be honest someone or many people wanted a holiday in February, but I do love celebrating family day because the family is the building block of society, the very foundation of all we have built.

The family is the cornerstone of our society. More than any other force it shapes the attitude, the hopes, the ambitions, and the values of the child. And when the family collapses it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale the community itself is crippled. Lynden B. Johnson

Do we need to celebrate our families, embrace the forces bringing us together, and minimize the forces tearing them apart? We might not agree on everything that will make our families and society stronger, but strengthening families strengthens everything about our society. Billy Graham told us, “When the family is destroyed, society eventually disintegrates.”

What do we need to say no to, and what do we need to say yes to, to strengthen our family, and if each family can be a little stronger won’t the whole society become stronger? What practices and beliefs if we follow them will help us strengthen our family through the generations, and what practices and beliefs will weaken our families? Do we need to make the right choices while we still have an impact on our family?

Are we proud of our families, what we’ve built, what’s been accomplished, and what we want future generations to accomplish?

For some, family day will be hard because someone is missing, Mom or Dad’s chair is empty, or worse a child’s, but is celebrating by getting together better than mourning alone?

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold. Andre Maurois

The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only – and that is to support the ultimate career. C.S. Lewis

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself. Gilbert K. Chesterton

Thank you for reading this post, please come back and read more. Have a blessed day filled with gratitude, joy, and love.