What is family? Family is something everyone has. It could be the normal mom and dad family. It could be close friends and their families. Some people even consider their pets as part of the family which I would agree with. Yes, people might say, “I never had a family growing up.” They might not have grown up with them but they still had a dad and a mom even if they never really knew them. Those people also have aunts and uncles somewhere in the world whether they know them or not.
I was fortunate enough to grow up with both my parents, two brothers and one sister. To some people that might not be anything special while others have said that I am lucky to have grown up with all of them because they just had one parent growing up or lived with other people like grandparents or foster parents. I consider other people lucky to have their grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles around them during their childhood. All my family like that live 2,000 miles away so I don’t get to see or talk to them much. I could never go to a relative’s house for the holidays or help celebrate a birthday with them. Last time I got to see any of them was back in 2002. To me they were all strangers when I finally did get to see them again because I moved away from them right before my fourth birthday. Just recently I have been able to talk to a few of my family members because of Facebook. It’s nice because I am getting to know some of them all over again. It is still a little weird calling them family because I don’t know them and I seem to talk to them more like friends than family. I am also asking certain family members how I am related to them because there are so many.
Now I do have one person right here in California that is not related to me by blood but we are so close we consider each other family. We went to high school together but didn’t really know each other then. It was after high school that we were introduced to each other from a mutual friend and ever since then we haven’t gone more than 3 days without talking to each other in 5 years.
So no matter how you want to look at it, I say that everyone has family in some way or another.
yes very true everyone for the most part has a family.
ReplyDeleteThe family gives us identity and knowing our roots makes us understand certain things in our lives. Yes, you are lucky to have one. Facebook rocks!
ReplyDeleteYou made some true statements. Everybody, no matter the circumstance, has a family.
ReplyDeleteIt is nice, you are using Facebook to chat with your family. You became closer with them!
ReplyDeleteThere will always be someone in your life who understands you or cares about you. I agree with you.
ReplyDeleteI too live about 2000 miles from my birth family! Living away from home is difficult, especially at holidays!
ReplyDeleteNice post!