Family

Family is such a small word for such a big life issue. Then again..life is an even smaller word. Well anyway, today I’m talking about family.

Family has this ability to get into places within you that no one else can reach. These places often produce emotions that are so strong that you aren’t exactly sure how they found that secret spot inside of you that you didn’t even know existed. Siblings can make you angrier than any other person and “I Hate You” is a phrase that most teens discover when fighting with their parents. But with these negative feelings also comes the really positive ones. Like when I cried because my little brother is graduating college with honors after years of struggling. Or my mom calls for no reason and tells me that she loves me. Or talking to the grandma I don’t get to see often.

So instead of going on and on I just want you to spend a few minutes today thinking about family. You can’t choose your family and they didn’t choose you but you can choose how you feel about them and how you act towards them. Just think about it.