It seems that in my life family will always be while friends come and go.

I honestly believed that I could have close and enduring relationships with friends, ones that would never fade.  But I have stayed and they have moved and the relationship deteriorated from close friend to Christmas card friend.

Who do we put in a family tree book, as per the name: family.

How many of us have a friend tree book?

I believe that some can have a close friend that is as dear as a sister but as I walk this life it seems that this is the exception, not the rule.

It seems in my life that family IS.

You can’t prevent or escape the relationship.

And for me this is not a negative.  I like my family.

Are they perfect?  No, neither am I.  They are real and alive; they are mine.

My family.

I want to know you and I want to be heard.

I want to be trusted.

I want to be accepted.

I want to be loved