you can help my everything, over me
I've been thinking about it, and I came to this conclusion.
Family is the people you love.
They will tell you when you're wrong, and when you're right.
They are people you can count on when the going gets tough. To support you, and encourage you, no matter how hopeless a situation might look.
Family does NOT always mean blood.
Family is people that you find throughout your life. People who, by some miracle, by some insane luck, love you for you and not for who they think you should be. True family, real family, has nothing to do with genetics.
I have been lucky enough to find several people who I will always consider family. They are my best friends. At least one of them is moving to California with me in two years, and I know that I'll always be able to count on her, no matter what. I found her two years ago and I can't even imagine how shitty - how bland, terrible, and hopeless - my life would be without her.
THAT is family.
THAT is love.
Maybe it's sad, that my experience with the typical concept of family has been so shitty that I don't really consider my blood relatives "family". Maybe that sucks. But it's what I've known and how I've grown and even if it sucks, I think it has helped make me into a better person.
But then, I do consider myself a progressive.
And because I know I'm this strong, because I can say "fuck you" to the people and places that have hurt me and find myself people who truly love me and places where I can thrive without being held back, that I know this:
It's gonna be an amazing life.
Family is the people you love.
They will tell you when you're wrong, and when you're right.
They are people you can count on when the going gets tough. To support you, and encourage you, no matter how hopeless a situation might look.
Family does NOT always mean blood.
Family is people that you find throughout your life. People who, by some miracle, by some insane luck, love you for you and not for who they think you should be. True family, real family, has nothing to do with genetics.
I have been lucky enough to find several people who I will always consider family. They are my best friends. At least one of them is moving to California with me in two years, and I know that I'll always be able to count on her, no matter what. I found her two years ago and I can't even imagine how shitty - how bland, terrible, and hopeless - my life would be without her.
THAT is family.
THAT is love.
Maybe it's sad, that my experience with the typical concept of family has been so shitty that I don't really consider my blood relatives "family". Maybe that sucks. But it's what I've known and how I've grown and even if it sucks, I think it has helped make me into a better person.
But then, I do consider myself a progressive.
And because I know I'm this strong, because I can say "fuck you" to the people and places that have hurt me and find myself people who truly love me and places where I can thrive without being held back, that I know this:
It's gonna be an amazing life.