Their shoes

I went to a funeral this weekend for an uncle on my husband's side. It was a beautiful service and was great to see so much family and loved ones. I kept thinking of how it will be when my generation will be the oldest in the family. Will we be able to keep the ties close and lead the coming generation?

I recognize now I have taken for granted the leadership and responsibility my parents and their generation has for the family as a whole. How we gather as a family at their homes and turn to them for guidance.

I know my husband and I are the leaders of our own family but there has always been a higher matriarch or patriarch to take on the family as a complete entity. Not to far off there will nothing "older or wiser" than us. So will I be what my parents, aunts and uncles, and grandparents were to me? Will I be able to fill their shoes as they have?

I ONLY HOPE!