He’s my son. I can’t give up hope.
~Sally Field as Norah Walker on Brothers & Sisters

Someone I know said almost those very words to me last year.

I love this show and have been watching entire seasons on DVD. Yes, a convoluted plot at times. Yes, I’m sick of Kitty and all the drama at times. But it’s TV. I can’t stop watching.

Programs about big, squabbling, but devoted, families are almost always successful. I think that’s because they play to the universal desire to have a place for a safe landing. Somewhere we’re accepted no matter what.

No matter what.

People with that kind of family are lucky. It’s a powerful thing.