On this day God wants you to know...

On this day, God wants you to know
... that family is not a name for a group of people, but the quality of relationships between them. Relationships grounded in mutual love, trust, caring and forgiveness. In all the ups and all the downs of life. Look closely, - who is really your family, and who in truth are just strangers in for the ...ride?

My real family isn't around. They don't care. Oh they pretend to give a shit. But when push comes to shove, they don't care.  My siblings are out there somewhere, absorbed in their own lives and I'm better off without them and their drama. 

I have my husband and our own kids that will stand by me always and forever, what more can I want?

Plus! I have the best friends any person could ask for. They give me their best times, their worst times and their messiest times and I love them with all their hearts! Yes, THEIR hearts!  They are my family. Not blood of my blood but the real blood that keeps my heart pumping and my anger subdued and keeps me out of jail! They're the ones that will pick me up out of a puddle of puke and feed me when I can't feed myself. The ones that will stop by to make me laugh even when all I can do that day is cry.  They will carry me when I can't walk and hold me up when I'm too weak to sit. They'll listen to my smart ass remarks and never let me get away with too much shit before they give it right back to me. 

Yes, these guys are my family, these crazy men and women that drive each other crazy and act like lunatics in public and embarrass the hell out of each other. We all have different quirks about each of us that drives each other nuts but we just accept them as they are and move on. No one gives a rats ass if Phil can't feed himself, we just shove food in his mouth or Terry has seizures or I can't make plans cuz I never know if I'll hurt too much that day or that I'm the crazy dog lady, or that Ryan can't hear you, or that Angie's Fibro is kicking her ass that day and we all get to watch the kids for her and take care of Phil. And when we really hurt, we can call Kayla and her magic fingers will fix any muscle in your body (except THAT one) lol We just hang out and take care of each other and each others kids. Get everyone to where they gotta go and get them what they gotta get ie: meds, bathed, fed, dressed and make sure everyone's taken care of. THAT'S what a family does.  And we're all pretty dam good at it too.