family is not a word, it is a sentence

We love them, we hate them, we cannot live with or without them. And oh, I am definitely not talking about boys! Hahaha I'm talking about FAMILY. 

I cannot count with my ten fingers alone how many times I've flipped out or almost flipped out because of my mom, dad, sibling or relative. It seems like families are built to drive each other insane or be the cause of your ultimate frustration or disappointment. Maybe we cannot really fully understand how Mama can be a nagger at times, how Papa can expect you to laugh at his old time jokes or how your sibling can get your things without your permission. 

It can be something as little as your sibling's inability to refill an empty water bottle, a mother disagreeing with your recent purchase, a father's strict implementation of curfew or the whole household's search for a lost mobile phone charger. We want them to love us,  to be proud of us, to love what we love. But sometimes it is frustrating to realize that they see things in a different way from ours and in return, we have no choice but to live with it. Baka napulot lang nila ako? O kaya napagpalit kami ng baby na kasama ko nun sa nursery? Could this be my family?

AND YET.

We cannot just turn our backs at them. There will ALWAYS be a thread, wire or rope connecting us to them. 

I LOVE MY FAMILY. I will answer back Mama, argue with Papa (only when I can handle his reasons), slam the door of my brother's room out of frustration and give the cold treatment to my sisters, BUT I will definitely choose them over a million dollars and drop whatever I'm doing when they need me the most. Why? Because families are there for each other. THAT'S WHAT FAMILIES DO. They reach out, they listen, they care (though you feel they do not) As the famous movie tagline says "Family isn't a word, it's a sentence." Your closest friends can leave you without a word, but your family just cannot. They are there for life. We cannot choose our family the way we choose our friends, WE ARE STUCK WITH THEM. So we must treat each other well. :)

And oh, did I say I love my family? 

Happy Holidays!!