family

This is a new painting that I just completed and it reminds me of two parents sending their children off to places unkown. Not really but we just came back from visiting our son and his family and I got to thinking about how fast life changes. When I and my husband were growing up we had our Aunts, Uncles, cousins; brothers ,sisters and parents all within a short distance from each other. It was like one big happy family that you could visit at a moments notice. But life does change and now these family's are scattered all over our country and visiting is done maybe once or twice a year and usually for a longer period of time. I am sure we all have brothers -sons-daughters-sisters that are located far away and do not have the time to see each other like in the old days. But we have methods now that we did not have years ago such as the internet and cell phones that we can still keep in touch, send pictures, write notes that can be picked up almost instantly. So there is no need for any of us to feel out of touch with our loved ones.