It's something we all have, in some way, at some point in our lives, regardless of blood. I believe that the friends we keep are the family we choose for ourselves. The support our family gives us is immeasurable. Whatever the type of support they give, the strongest one of course is love. No matter what you do your family loves you. Ironically, I don't think as I was growing up I fully understood the power of the family unit. I've known my entire life that family was important, but I don't think I knew just how important. Now that I am older and have a family of my own, I realize that, while we all have moments of wanting to be alone, I'd much rather be with my family. When I am frustrated and fed-up, I turn to my family to help see me through. Be that my immediate family or the extended family that I have surrounded myself with, it's still my family I want to be there for me. It's amazing how large a family can grow and how the love for them never seems stretched thin.
When I want to give up, it is my family there to help motivate me. When I want to learn something new, try something different, or want to just crawl under a rock, my family is there to be supportive. When my son is sleeping peacefully beside me, nothing else matters. When he is playing with his daddy and laughing, it makes everything else melt away. Nothing is as important as family and the love that the family fills you with. I am so lucky to have a wonderful family.
“The Family is the Country of the heart. There is an angel in the Family who, by the mysterious influence of grace, of sweetness, and of love, renders the fulfilment of duties less wearisome, sorrows less bitter. The only pure joys unmixed with sadness.”
~ Giuseppe Mazzini
Trying to have a warmer feeling, I think more about how amazing it is to have such a beautiful family. Enjoy your families as much as possible. Make what you can of the time you have with your family it truly is a gift.
