You know when you just see something and it really lifts you spirits and puts a smile on your face...
Yesterday I was walking home from the gym, it was about 8pm and a really pleasant afternoon with a few people out walking, riding and enjoying the weather. As I approached one house I saw a young father and mother laughing and kicking around a soccer ball with with their young children (around 6 years old). The father picked up his son and swung him around while mum looked on.
It made me very happy to see a young family just enjoying the fact that they are just that - a family. Parents out playing with their children has such an essential and wonderful result on their children's development. Time together bonds the whole family and helps them to become, as Pope John Paul called the family, "a community of life and love".
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