There is something so fun and cheerful about this card, despite the rambunctious bedlam it portrays. Clowns and showgirls, schoolgirls and teachers, and an eccentric aunt in love with her gramaphone; this card is a reminder that families often have patterns that feel normal to those within them, but feel totally bizarre to an outsider (even if that outsider is a member).
I notice, too, the sign above their heads - Welcome Home. Home is not just about the place where we live, but about all the people we share our lives with in one way or another. It reminds me that while our blood family is chosen by birth, we get to choose the family of our heart.
Who is your "family"? When do you feel like an outsider and when do you feel in your element? Can you accept others' eccentricities? Can you allow others to accept your eccentricities? What can allow you to enjoy the sheer craziness of it all?
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