Family.<\/p>\n
“The descendants of a common ancestor” is one of the meanings the dictionary lists.<\/p>\n
In addition to “blood”, I know “family” to be the people with whom I choose to keep healthy bonds, commitments and traditions regardless of background, heritage, ethnicity, etc.<\/p>\n
There are people in my life whom I consider family; they aren’t “blood” and, at times, they’ve been more present<\/em> in all the ways when blood couldn’t or<\/em> chose not to be.<\/p>\n There have been those whom I became so attached to, but they didn’t share the same vibes or sentiments. That’s extremely painful…and quite a lesson – EverY time!<\/p>\n My nature is such that I love ALL people (thanks to my Dad) and most<\/em> animals (thanks to my Mom!).<\/p>\n Learning and reLearning healthy boundaries…sigh. Finally accepting behaviors instead of just listening to words without supporting evidence\/matching behavior.<\/p>\n Loving fully and freely – first myself, so that I can then from a healthy place<\/em>\u00a0love others well.<\/p>\n I AM loving myself first.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I AM loving myself fully and freely ~ the way The Divine loves me.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I AM taking care of myself in ALL the ways.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Are you in a place that feels like repeat<\/em>? It is alright.<\/p>\n Grace upon grace to you fellow Warrior!<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Are you prioritizing your own health ~ spiritually, emotionally, physically, mentally, relationally, financially?<\/p>\n If not, how can you take one step<\/em> today towards healing? Remember, small steps towards big change!<\/p>\n Common Day Hero:<\/strong><\/em><\/span> I see your bold, brave heart shining through…always. You are a Warrior of a Woman, a devoted wife, a MARVELous Mom and so much more! You are seen…maybe not always by humans, but for shO by Heaven! Today, I dedicate this post to you, dear Kena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Family. “The descendants of a common ancestor” is one of the meanings the dictionary lists. In addition to “blood”, I know “family” to be the people with whom I choose to keep healthy bonds, commitments and traditions regardless of background, heritage, ethnicity, etc. There are people in my life whom I consider family; they aren’t…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[107,395,394,59,392,393,8,65],"class_list":["post-4070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-family","tag-framily","tag-friend","tag-grace","tag-lovingmyself","tag-mom","tag-selfcare","tag-soulcare"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lalijean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/nick-fewings-ZcBY_mxVBCE-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=1707%2C2560&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4070"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4097,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4070\/revisions\/4097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}