Dear Aum

I am an only child, but I have dharma brothers & sisters and we are there for each other even though we are now many hundred miles apart ( we mostly first met each other on retreat). Also there is a world wide scheme called adopt a granny. I live in a small community and befriended an elderly lady she became grranny Freya and she got to spend time with my family which brought her great joy in the last years of her life. I ran a drop in Sunday social at our meditation centre and thru that I now have a wonderfully supportive big sister.

You dont have to share the same DNA to be a family.

Try looking out for a retreat that runs over the christmas/newyear I have always found them a good way to shed any burdens of the previous year and give me a good grounded outlook for the next.

Best wishes

Roberta