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Blood is thicker than water...

Written: 17th Jan 2008 | Last Updated: 18th Jan 2008

We've just had a family reunion on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. Five days of energetic communion, laughter, shared events, conversations and so much more have left all comers of all ages - 3 to 73 - absolutely glowing. We had a year and a half to prepare, and perhaps that anticipation was one of the reasons it was so successful; everyone so passionately wanted it to be wonderful, so when the time came, it truly was!

Getting forty-five kin from various corners of the globe to Molokai was not a simple logistical exercise - it called for saving, planning and full commitment to the reality of being together again, some of us after more than forty years. Amazingly, almost everybody came, and absolutely everybody who came had a ball!

So what did those five days teach me? Firstly, that when you belong together it's obvious! You think, talk, laugh, gesticulate and move alike; you are in harmony, at one in almost all respects; you really like one another - and love one another - because of that immediate empathy and compatibility.

I know it's corny to say, but blood really is thicker than water...and family ties are to be celebrated as often as humanly possible! :)

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