Entering the Age of the Relaxed Hippy Family Style
Heather has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Moravian College and has been freelance writing for more than 12 years.
Holidays time for thanks and hanging out with loved ones
Around a large dark oak table stuffing your face
Full of delicious home cooked meal extravaganzas
That took hours or a few days to prepare
Learned to accept that mothers always want
What was best for their children no matter how old
They end up becoming or wherever they end up
Fathers exerted their opinions whether they were warranted or nor
Brothers and sisters fighting over the last crescent roll
Children bonding over the desert table
Playing games and laughing at their own jokes
For some, family visits are a source of joy
For others, it's a constant source of stress
Wondering what each visit will end up being like
Sweating over the status of their career and ending a relationship
Instead of bonding with their parents and cousins
Hippies tended to focus on what was important
Relationships and not the status quo of these things
Material possessions and needs never important
Love only thing that mattered in the end
Okay, they needed to focus less on their appearance
Object of obsession for many glamour pusses
Had the right idea in turning to compassion and not objectification
Sometimes disagreed with the conservative faction of the family
Tended to stick with light holiday topics to avoid warfare
When it comes to family dynamics, less is always more
Never dwell on the negatives for too long
Ruined the positives before they got off the ground
Enjoying the effects of good Turkey, stuffing and conversation
Led to some laughter and exasperation at the same token
Better to choose your family and love the one you're born into
Hard to fathom to get the best of both worlds, but it's known to happen
Embrace your loved ones for all you got, because nothing lasts forever
People come and go in work and in life
Make the most of them while they're in your life
Take them shopping, listen to their stories and share the last crescent roll
Even if you don't want to do so
Best to do that just in case it's your last holiday with them
No regrets of any kind.