Importance of Family

Family is very important to me personally. They are the ones who have witnessed you at your worst and watched you blossom into the extraordinary human-being you are today. No two families are alike in any way. Yes, you and a friend may both have grandmothers that can cook amazingly well, but one grandmother may have a different view on life than the other. One father may have more experience in life with painting while the other dad has more experience with plumbing. 

My family in specific is very deranged and different. It's hard at times to deal with some of my family members. Some put on a front over social media and act completely different in person. 

With that being said, people don't really understand your personal struggle with family. The only way to deal with them is always try to be the bigger person. Learn what works for you. 

Speaking of my experience: my mother and I have never seen eye-to-eye. She states it's because we are just alike. I am her son, regardless, so I know I'll have some characteristics from her, but I do not and will never believe I'm exactly identical to her. 

Then there's that small fraction of your family who are "normal". I say normal with quotation marks around them because, as we know, no family is perfect or normal. But there are those families who manage with one another. You will always have issues with family. The way you deal with and face the issue(s) is the biggest picture. 

Some may find that speaking with a family member every five months is what works best for them. If that's so, continue to do so. If our have to talk to them every week, do that as well. 

Every family is dysfunctionally functional!

That's kind of the magical horror of it all. As a family we learn, naturally and with practice, how to manage amongst one another. You may never ever see eye-to-eye. And that's okay. As long as you respect that person and they do the same in return, that's what is important. 

Family is tricky and lovable but do not allow them to bring you down. Once they see you are doing the best you can and focusing on yourself to succeed, they will either embrace and respect that or stay to themselves. If that's the case, learn to manage with that. 

Of course, many are going to disagree with this, which is okay. You are entitled to ever opinion you hold within. But family is love; family is hardship; family is annoying and aggravating; family is family!