Familiar Is Close To Family
The connection
between “familiar” and “family” makes sense as each is bonded together with
such tight linkage. The members have
things in common that even look so similar.
In some languages
the word for family is “familia” so they’re impeccably related. Words looking alike and even having meanings
so interrelated are pretty amazing.
Am I important in
my family? Yes, in fact those letters in
that sequence are in the word. Seeing the
letters stand out impacts us differently, and we see our place with more
significance.
In a class I
showed them a word backwards, and asked if they could read it. It was “ylimaf”. Most said yes, it’s “family”. I said I’m going to turn it around so they
could see it, but it was different. I
turned it around and showed them f-AM-I-ly highlighted with the “AM” in red and
the “I” in green.


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