Four Hours

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This husband of mine…

Got to enjoy…endure…four straight hours of visiting…first time meeting that aunt of mine and those sweet cousins…

Chatted at the hotel outside in a gazebo…talked about everything…talked about nothing…laughed about everything…laughed about nothing…

Four hours was plenty for that quiet man of mine…got to see the family dynamic…how the nut doesn’t fall far from the tree…hear stories…take it all in…

But four hours went too fast for that wife of his…she wanted time to play Yahtzee in the kitchen…like they did when they were kids…

Rub feet and tell secrets…like they did when they were kids…play whiffle ball…hide in the attic…sleep in sleeping bags on the floor like they did…when they were kids…

But four hours is four hours…four hours…was a blessing…four hours to reconnect…four hours to rejuvenate…four hours to rebuild and strengthen that bond…

We lovingly…call family…
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And those people of mine…agree…