So, we all have heard it, we’ve all even said it. “I wish I can pick and choose my own family!” -at some point in time in our lives. I know I have, repeatedly!!!!! Most of us have even done it.

My family is so big, on both sides. Do we get along? Heck no! Do we speak to one another? Heck no! So, does that make us normal? 87% of the population of the United States. Okay great, I am not alone in this! Now for the other 13% I do envy, how you guys all come together and get along. I want the name of the pharmacy/drug/God/ thing that brings you all together because I would love that too…… maybe.

But I don’t, so moving on.

I do have a lot of people who are not “Blood” that I call family. Reason so is because there were times that I needed help from family and family wouldn’t provide. The people who were not “blood” were there, through the thick and the thin. So, to me, that deserves a spot in my family tree.

There are a lot of us out here who don’t have family. They have people who they call family that are not blood, so there is no difference. It all comes down to who’s there and who’s not.

To me Family is people who love you. People who support you for whatever you do in life or for whatever you are going through and will back you up if your backed up against a wall and a hard place.

So, what does Family mean to you? How would you define family?