Family
I have an interesting family.
Well, let me rephrase that, I have several interesting families.
I was born into the Christensen Family. Mom, Dad, brother and I for many years. Grandparents and aunts/uncles/cousins occasionally fit into that "family" as well, but mostly it was the 4 of us.
The Brother got married.
Then I married into another family... The Wieske Family.
Damn, there are a lot of them!
But when I think about family, it is not just the people I am legally related to by blood or marriage. I have a HUGE family of friends who are the people I have CHOSEN to be in my life. Yep, I got to pick my family.
There is my family of friends... People I talk to every day. The ones that know, just by looking at me, that something is no quite right. The ones that can see through my "I'm great" and know that I'm not. The ones I call when I have a flat tire, a flat hair day or I am flat busted. Some I don't speak to on a daily basis, some I haven't talked to in years, but when we meet up again, it is as if it was yesterday that we were calling each other on our BS and keeping each other real.
There are my family of musical folks... This past weekend at the Nor Eastr Art and Music Festival in Mio, MI, I had the pleasure of spending tons of time with my musical family. They offer a hug, a song from their heart, and smile and a wave. A shout out from the stage, and invite to dinner. Family.
One of my friends who happens to be gay considers me more his family that his blood kin. I am the one that is there. Who says blood ties are always thicker than water.
If you're reading this and you think I might be talking about you, I probably am. Welcome to my family.
Well, let me rephrase that, I have several interesting families.
I was born into the Christensen Family. Mom, Dad, brother and I for many years. Grandparents and aunts/uncles/cousins occasionally fit into that "family" as well, but mostly it was the 4 of us.
The Brother got married.
Then I married into another family... The Wieske Family.
Damn, there are a lot of them!
But when I think about family, it is not just the people I am legally related to by blood or marriage. I have a HUGE family of friends who are the people I have CHOSEN to be in my life. Yep, I got to pick my family.
There is my family of friends... People I talk to every day. The ones that know, just by looking at me, that something is no quite right. The ones that can see through my "I'm great" and know that I'm not. The ones I call when I have a flat tire, a flat hair day or I am flat busted. Some I don't speak to on a daily basis, some I haven't talked to in years, but when we meet up again, it is as if it was yesterday that we were calling each other on our BS and keeping each other real.
There are my family of musical folks... This past weekend at the Nor Eastr Art and Music Festival in Mio, MI, I had the pleasure of spending tons of time with my musical family. They offer a hug, a song from their heart, and smile and a wave. A shout out from the stage, and invite to dinner. Family.
One of my friends who happens to be gay considers me more his family that his blood kin. I am the one that is there. Who says blood ties are always thicker than water.
If you're reading this and you think I might be talking about you, I probably am. Welcome to my family.
posted by Angela | 02:07
1 Comments:
It is such the interesting Family that we have.
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