So Close We Have Become in Thirty Years

 August 8, 2020

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 Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is family.

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 A poem to a sister-in-law about the closeness of their friendship:

 So close we have become in thirty years:
Intimate as sisters, thick as friends;
So intermingled in our joys and tears
That each familiar glance a novel sends!
Even sisters sometimes grow apart,
Remembering but dimly days long past.
In us there is a closeness of the heart,
Natural yet loose enough to last.
Life often can with mad indifference cast
A pair together drawn from odds and ends,
While we could not be better matched by art.

 © by Nicholas Gordon

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 This week’s theme: Family
August 3: We Once Lived in Israel, You and I
August 4: Cousins Are Our Siblings Once Removed
August 5: In-Laws Aren’t Always Good as You Are
August 6: Nieces Are the Children That We Borrow
August 7: To My Grandchild, with Overwhelming Love
August 8: So Close We Have Become in Thirty Years