Family

Today is Eid.  As I sit here and observe the family and our interactions, I just realized something that saddened me.  Family can be close.  Family will always be there for one another, but there comes a point in life where everyone grows up, gets married (or in my case, divorced), has their own children, and then families and priorities change.  It's not that you don't love each other, because you absolutely do.   It's that you love each other differently.  Your responsibilities to your children will take priority over your responsibility (or time) for siblings.  I'm not sure that it should, but I guess it turns out that way. 

I'm not saying anything bad about family.  It's just that you don't realize how good things are, or how simple they were until you grow up, look back, and realize its gone and a new phase has begun. 

I guess this Eid I'm feeling nostalgic, with a touch of sadness. I wonder if my children realize how good they have it right now, at this very moment. And I wonder when or if they will be in the spot I'm in 20 or so years from now, and if they will be thinking the exact same thing. 

Circle of life I guess.