{"id":11476,"date":"2013-07-17T16:50:38","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T22:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=11476"},"modified":"2013-07-17T16:50:39","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T22:50:39","slug":"our-zambian-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/our-zambian-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Zambian son"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We had a dear loved one pass away recently and someone asked, “Was it family or a friend?”<\/p>\n

I had a hard time knowing how to answer it. Technically and officially in the light of the law he was “just a friend.” But to our family members he’s so much more than that.<\/p>\n

“Friend” just doesn’t do the relationship justice.<\/p>\n

In the same way, calling my best friend Matt, “my best friend” or just “Matt” doesn’t really do him justice either. Which is why we always refer to him as “brother” or Uncle Matt with our boys.<\/p>\n

Have any “friends” like that?<\/p>\n

All that to say, while it may confuse some, my “sister” Kathryn is living and working in Zambia right now and just sent us a number of photos in an email titled, “Your Zambian son.”<\/p>\n

That does my heart good.<\/p>\n

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Our family has sponsored Lupiya through Family Legacy thanks to Kathryn’s work. He lives with his grandmother and several cousins in Lusaka, Zambia. <\/p>\n

Separated by thousands of miles and yet we can still call one another family.<\/p>\n

Isn’t it good to know that family goes far beyond anything a law, a blood relationship or even geography can define?<\/p>\n

There’s no blood or law uniting us – it’s something much stronger – love.<\/p>\n

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Find out more about child sponsorship through Family Legacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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