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entry May 5 2007, 12:09 PM
It's so common for people to think their own family is whacked and everyone else's is normal and nice. I now think mine is normal and nice, like all the others. Here are some things some of you normal and nice families can relate to. Two parents, who fought, drank and made huge mistakes with us and with each other...but the same two my whole life. A tiny tract home in a run-down neighborhood. Extended family only at weddings and funerals. Out of 5 kids who loved each other, 2 have died and one might as well have. Out of 5 kids, 8 failed marriages and 3 successful ones. Out of 5 of their kids, 3 aren't speaking to the family.
Marsha and I are the strangest family of all. Married over 20 years with trouble at the start which we grew through. Through career and family changes, unemployment, family deaths, loss of friends, we have grown stronger together. We find ourselves often wanting to stop whatever we're doing to talk about things and we value each other's opinions. We chose not to have children and devoted our efforts to cultivating close relationships with nieces and nephews. Judging from what I hear, we are unusually close. I owe this to Marsha who's close, loving family has served as an example.
With all the past struggles and dysfunction in my family, those of us who see each other regularly seem to fit each other like a glove. We play games and do things together all the time.
I think we're pretty normal in our dysfunction and in our love.

 
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