experience.
I don't know where to begin, so i guess i'll just start from what's at the tip of my mind; this summer has been one that has left me speechless. excited. free. I don't know that exact word or words but those are the only words that I can think of that can somewhat explain what i've been going through.
I thank the Lord for my family. everyday. whether it's good or bad. i feel like the luckiest guy in the world at times. of course every family has their little ups and downs but i think that's what makes a family. im thankful for my parents, and that comes from not the bottom of my heart but all throughout. Everyone thinks their parents are lame, but even so, it's what makes them parents. People usually get compliment of the stuff they own, or the way they look, or the car they drive, but I get compliments about my parents. how awesome is that? it sounds weird, but the more i think about it, the happier i get knowing that they are my parents.
my sister. kaba oldie now upholding the "legacy". ;] dancer since she could stand, oldest sibling since i was born. haha. i love my sister. we dont act like it. we dont say it. but it's there. we really do have a strong sibling relationship that from what i see is stronger than most. im not trying to brag or anything, it just that when i see how tight my sister and i are with each other, it makes me thank God for these whom i call family. we fight of course, but its usually brushed off anyways, and i dont know about you but, i feel like im one of a very few people that loves to party and hangout with my sister. i love that my friends love her and embrace her as a friend and a sister as well.
my cousin ralph. this guy is my brother from another mother. i dont know anyone in the world who is tighter with their cousin than ralph and i are. we may live in two different worlds and live two totally different lives, but me and this guy are practically one in the same. when we chill, we have our own world, our own lingo, our own time. i may be older then him but age doesnt matter when we react. this guy has opened my eyes to new things, new experiences, new perspectives, and i wouldn't have wanted to live through those past moments without my cousin by my side. we speak of love, life, religion, family... pretty much all the things you could say you can talk about with your best friend, but my cousin is my bestfriend/brother/cousin. i dnt know how to explain it but we dont see each other until summer hits usually but wheen we do, it like no time has past since i last saw him. if i were to be someone else, id want to be this guy. if anything i should be jealous of him cause he's jack-of-all-trades, being able to do everything but instead im just proud of him. me n my couson live our lives very differently, but we still understand each other as if we were there for everything.
friends. im not going to go by names cause you are either my friend or not. but most likely you are. haha. i just want to thank you for always being there. there it was a call, visit, or even just a thought, thanks. i've lost touch with some of you, but that doesn't mean that our friendship doesn't exist. if i could go days, weeks, months, or years without seeing you [hopefully not though] and then finally see you and talk like i saw you yesterday, we are friends. most people define friendship by how you keep in touch, or never losing touch, or hanging out all the time, or going out and doing crazy adventurous things... but to me friendship isn't measured by how much time you spend together or even the moments you share, friendship to me is family, and family is pretty much forever, and family means "no one gets left behind." some family you get to see all the time, other parts of your family you never get to see except on those lucky occasions. same with friends. there's no measure of time or distance that can break the bond. only a choice.
a special number of you have impacted my life, and for that i am especially grateful to have you in my life. you've taught me the lessons of how to be yourself, be spontaneous, get mad, forgive, don't care what other people think about you, follow your heart, love, that there are people in this world that mean more to you than life itself, respect, understand, learn all sides of a story, and listen. a lot of the things i just listed are what most would consider common sense, and what others would say you get from your family. I say, "you are who you surround yourself with."
I'd say i've surrounded myself with priceless moments and people more precious than gold. There's nothing i need more than the family i was born into, and the family i've gained. ;]
I thank the Lord for my family. everyday. whether it's good or bad. i feel like the luckiest guy in the world at times. of course every family has their little ups and downs but i think that's what makes a family. im thankful for my parents, and that comes from not the bottom of my heart but all throughout. Everyone thinks their parents are lame, but even so, it's what makes them parents. People usually get compliment of the stuff they own, or the way they look, or the car they drive, but I get compliments about my parents. how awesome is that? it sounds weird, but the more i think about it, the happier i get knowing that they are my parents.
my sister. kaba oldie now upholding the "legacy". ;] dancer since she could stand, oldest sibling since i was born. haha. i love my sister. we dont act like it. we dont say it. but it's there. we really do have a strong sibling relationship that from what i see is stronger than most. im not trying to brag or anything, it just that when i see how tight my sister and i are with each other, it makes me thank God for these whom i call family. we fight of course, but its usually brushed off anyways, and i dont know about you but, i feel like im one of a very few people that loves to party and hangout with my sister. i love that my friends love her and embrace her as a friend and a sister as well.
my cousin ralph. this guy is my brother from another mother. i dont know anyone in the world who is tighter with their cousin than ralph and i are. we may live in two different worlds and live two totally different lives, but me and this guy are practically one in the same. when we chill, we have our own world, our own lingo, our own time. i may be older then him but age doesnt matter when we react. this guy has opened my eyes to new things, new experiences, new perspectives, and i wouldn't have wanted to live through those past moments without my cousin by my side. we speak of love, life, religion, family... pretty much all the things you could say you can talk about with your best friend, but my cousin is my bestfriend/brother/cousin. i dnt know how to explain it but we dont see each other until summer hits usually but wheen we do, it like no time has past since i last saw him. if i were to be someone else, id want to be this guy. if anything i should be jealous of him cause he's jack-of-all-trades, being able to do everything but instead im just proud of him. me n my couson live our lives very differently, but we still understand each other as if we were there for everything.
friends. im not going to go by names cause you are either my friend or not. but most likely you are. haha. i just want to thank you for always being there. there it was a call, visit, or even just a thought, thanks. i've lost touch with some of you, but that doesn't mean that our friendship doesn't exist. if i could go days, weeks, months, or years without seeing you [hopefully not though] and then finally see you and talk like i saw you yesterday, we are friends. most people define friendship by how you keep in touch, or never losing touch, or hanging out all the time, or going out and doing crazy adventurous things... but to me friendship isn't measured by how much time you spend together or even the moments you share, friendship to me is family, and family is pretty much forever, and family means "no one gets left behind." some family you get to see all the time, other parts of your family you never get to see except on those lucky occasions. same with friends. there's no measure of time or distance that can break the bond. only a choice.
a special number of you have impacted my life, and for that i am especially grateful to have you in my life. you've taught me the lessons of how to be yourself, be spontaneous, get mad, forgive, don't care what other people think about you, follow your heart, love, that there are people in this world that mean more to you than life itself, respect, understand, learn all sides of a story, and listen. a lot of the things i just listed are what most would consider common sense, and what others would say you get from your family. I say, "you are who you surround yourself with."
I'd say i've surrounded myself with priceless moments and people more precious than gold. There's nothing i need more than the family i was born into, and the family i've gained. ;]