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You Can't Choose Your Relatives, But You Can Choose Your Family
This was a statement I recently posted on my facebook page. I began my facebook page to try to connect or reconnect with family and some old friends.
A lot of people try to get as many friends as possible, just accepting random people. If you are one of my facebook friends, you are there for a reason.
Now I understand a lot of my family are virtual strangers to me, due to the fact that at about the age of twelve my parents moved us to Nashville. True, I didn't visit very often, and the older I became, family reunions, and Holidays with my family seemed to just get in the way of my "city" life.
The road does travel both ways. The only visits we received in Nashville were from Grandparents, and my dear departed cousin Larry. Please don't feel sorry for me, because at that time I had moved on with my new life.
I made a special effort each year to call a cousin with whom I share a birthday. I always made the call. No effort was ever put forth on her part, so I quit calling. I know we get busy with our families, jobs, school, church, and there just never seems to be enough time.
I am so sorry now that I didn't take the time out of my life, to get to know my relatives. You see, I have to call them that because like my title says, you can't choose your relatives...............I am a stranger, trying to be a little part of their life any way I can.
We aren't promised our next breathe. I realize that all too well now that I have lost so many "family" members in the past several years. I can't bring those lost days, weeks, months, or years back, but I have held my hand out to many, many relatives and I'm sad to say I gained very little "family."
You know who you are and I want you to know I will always be a part of your lives, and will always cherish you as my family.
My hand is still extended, but I won't beg. Know I am here! I always have room for "family!"
vickitori@comcast.net
Tori
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