So the baby and I got to spend a truly lovely long weekend at home. We attended Great Grandma's 90th birthday and were there for my "parents" 25th wedding anniversary. It was just a wonderful weekend and I am so blessed to have such amazing family all around.
As many of you know I have quite a large family, I mean 60+ first cousins alone! While there are some I've known all my life, and a fair amount I've never met we are "family" and I belong.
I use "Quotes" because the traditional concept of family carry much weight in my humble opinion. I have family that I've know my whole life that I know almost nothing about. Not that I don't love them cause I do, but for one reason or another we aren't close. Hell I have "blood" relatives I've never even spoken to, and that doesn't make them any less my family.
For me I am closest with my "adoptive" family. I quote because I wasn't actually adopted just accepted without question. They were there for me at a time in my life when I was most lost. They were so different from everything I knew, and that was what I needed. In many ways they saved me, who knows what I would have done if they hadn't been so accepting as to let their sons friend suddenly move in with them. I literally went for a weekend visit and stayed for almost a year.
I guess my point is that families come in all shapes and sizes, and who you consider family is really your own business. You might not call someone family that your sibling or cousin swears is. While I have my favorites, and I love all my family I don't need to be anyone else' favorite. I am happy and truly blessed just to be a part of it all.
So next time you attend a family event take a moment to sit back in wonder that you are an important piece to complex puzzle.
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