National siblings day.

I understand that yesterday was National Siblings day. Seems we have a day for everything now days. But maybe that is not such a bad thing as it makes us stop for a moment and reflect and be thankful, as I am for the brothers and sister I had. Even if we did not have a good experience of siblings maybe it is a moment to forgive or ask forgiveness. A day when a relationship could be restored.
Maybe it is a day to pick up the phone and connect with a sibling who you have just not had time to call lately.
When this photo of my siblings was taken I was not even born and would not be for a few more years. So I did not share a childhood with them.
Then just as I was becoming aware of them they all went to serve 'King and Country' (yes even my sister) and another separation occurred.  But as I grew up I learnt to love and appreciate these special people in my life.
I am grateful that they were spared to grow into old age so that I could get to know them better. Now they are gone but always remembered.
So am I without a sibling?  No.
' Then he(Jesus) looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, " Here are my mother and and my brothers! Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother." Mark 3:34
Not just my Lord and Saviour but my brother as well.

Maybe He is the sibling we need to connect with.

THE RAMBLINGS OF A GREAT-GRANDMOTHER