Life at my house — post Jurassic World, that is — will never be the same.
The big screen has once again captured the hearts of my children as it brought dinosaurs back to life, and spun them into a modern-day-world. Just as Jurassic Park thrilled me back in my elementary days, the new movie has gone above and beyond to incorporate what we love most about dinosaurs with our world, as we know it.
Yes, we’ve already been to see the new movie in the theatres … twice.
Now I get to listen to the sound of roaring all day and night. I just hope everyone else in our general vicinity (wherever we happen to be) appreciates my little dinosaurs as much as I do. All I can say is, yes, they have been practicing their dinosaur sounds. They are quite good, and quite loud. I apologize in advance.
When we are not pretending to be dinosaurs, we’ve been spending most of our spare time learning more about dinosaurs.
All of this reading has made me think a lot about time, and even more about family.
In 65 million years, there are still some things that really haven’t changed.
I used to think dinosaurs were classified as herbivores and carnivores and that was pretty much it. Now, I realize they have extensive family trees, just like we do.
For instance, Guanlong was one of the first Tyrannosaurs in the Tyrannosauridae family, and was an early relative of the beloved Tyrannosaurus Rex.
But Guanlong, while a fierce hunter, was only 10 feet long.
So what makes these two dinosaurs from the same family? Families go way beyond certain physical attributes and bloodlines. Real families come in all shapes and sizes. But, families do have characteristics and features that classify them as the same. Families share a common bond — something that ties them together and separates them from the group.
Whether your family is big or small, or perhaps not what you thought it would be when you started out, one thing is for sure, family is forever.
And it’s important to realize it’s your own unique traits that bring something to the group, help make your family work, and keep your bond strong. Accept your family for who they are. It takes all kinds to make up a world, just as when the dinosaurs walked the earth.
It’s what we choose to do with our time here that is so essential. Cherish the ones you love, make time for the things that matter most, oh, and don’t forget to let out your roar every now and again.
