Family Friday

Some people have families with many relatives that share that common lineage, the given family. Others have assembled a family made up of various people, a family of choice. I am reminded of two quotes; “You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.” -Desmond Tutu and; Barbra Bush “To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.”Celebrate your family!

I do not come from a large family myself. I was adopted within my family at birth, my grandmother adopted me from her daughter when I was born. I was raised in a single parent family. As I grew up I met the few of our relatives that still were living, many had passed by the time I was a teenager. Today, at 43, I can count on two hands of what family I have left. Having in laws helps a lot, I now have a set of nephews and nieces I LOVE IT! But that isn’t enough.

I need that, I want that, I embrace it; the need for a symbiotic family of aunt like, uncle like, brother like, sister like people whom you count on as they had been in your life since birth (and maybe they have!) They may not look like me, live near me, think like me, act like me, or even live like me AND they love me. They love me for the way I look, despite where I live, how I think, how I act, “they like me, they really, really like me!” And with every fiber in my being, I return the same to them!

Although the thought of having a “chosen” family unit is foreign to some (yes I have met them) the concept is VERY much practiced and in use today by many of us.

Regardless of the type of families you are a part of, celebrate them, love them, give thanks for them, do not take them for granted, take time for them, listen to them, let them know what they mean to you, treat them… like family.

I can be the change I seek in this world… I know the love of a family is a great blessing of life.

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