Relationships, all relationships are hard. If you want them to flourish, they have to be treated like a growing thing. But families are even more challenging. Not to say that they aren't worth it, but everyone is moving in all divergent directions at once. There can be obstacles and weeds and bugs. One has to cut back the undergrowth to stumble along the rocky path. Sometimes, they fall apart, not seeming to want to be together, or not able to grow under the same conditions. Other times, they are a blessing of harmony, and one isn't quite sure how it happened. One must just catch the moment that surrounds and rest in that moment, being grateful for it and the ability to notice it. To suspend within it. Then it can be gone just as quickly. But I'm certain another one will come along.