Points of View

I just finished reading "The Summer We Read Gatsby".  It was about two half sisters brought together to settle the affairs of their eccentric aunt.  It was an interesting, in that it brought the two girls together after an extended period of time to enlarge their points of view on the people they loved. 

Now that I'm older I have conversations with those that have experienced the past with me.  Not only am I getting to know them better and loving them more, I am coming to understand things that as a child I had only seen from a child's point of view. 

In this story the two sisters grow closer and learn to enjoy each others uniqueness.  One is sensible and shy, the other artistic and extravagant.  At first they get on each other's nerves but each brings the other something new to think about.  They discover things as they are sorting about other family members and come to learn not to judge.  They find there is much more to the web of life that surrounds them than they had ever supposed.

I love family, the past, present and those things hoped for in the future.