That is one word which is dearest to my heart. I always craved for that ideal family culture where: the younger ones looked up to their elders expecting to receive their love, guidance and support; while the elders got their due respect, warmth and trust from the younger lot in the family.
May be ideals are doomed to remain as ideals and never get to replace the harshness of reality which dictates otherwise.
I noticed how with time the loving nest of a home that I shared with my ten-member family vanished into the blue yonder leaving each one of us in his/her own world; distancing us physically (East, West, etc) and somehow sadly also our hearts have learned to live without the constant touch and loving word which unites and bonds families for generations to come.
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