Belated but not belabored thanks

 

• Thanks to the Italian blood in my family that turns each large gathering into a loud, passionate and loving brawl.
• Thanks to the little evil geniuses, princesses and brats (both of the world and of my clan) for not being mine.
• Thanks to the elders and the elders' elders for showing us one way and letting us wander off in another.
• Thanks to the quiet, rainy home to which I will always return.