Ties That Bind.

I taught my children when they were younger, that there is an invisible, silver cord connecting our
hearts to one another and that it stretches as far as it needs to stretch in order to keep us always connected, no matter how far apart we find ourselves.
Back when I told them this, the furthest it was stretched was from home to wherever they happened to be going - on a school field trip that day or to their grandparents house for an overnight. They believed it then and I think it gave them comfort on those short journeys, which at that time seemed so long. I’m pretty sure they think of that ‘silver cord’ as a nice metaphor for being in each other’s thoughts and hearts no matter where we are. What they probably don’t realize is that I was telling them something I truly believed at that time, and still believe. Literally.