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10/12/00 Why is this concept of family so inportant to us, no matter who or what we think we are? The idea of family
seems such a strong thing that it carries us on from childhood to our final hours as adults from one life time to the next.
But as a whole from just one person to their chosen life mates, plus their children, family seems the only true constant in
a universe as chaotic as this one seems. And though life may seem a shitty mess when you`re young, and feel this great longing
for your life mate, and spend your days seeking her, your nights are spent preying you`ll find her, is the sense of family
from all, past, present, and future. But in the main, You will eventually find her and the family will be whole again. Family
is such an eternal blessing that it does follow us all from life to life, but as a whole in itself it`s not just loving another
person, it`s sharing your life with them, listening to their thoughts, feelings, and at times crazy ideas. A true family isn`t
about children, and parents, and adults. It`s about all of us from one point or another. A family to two adults should be
about sharing their lives together, their loves, hate, joys, and pains accepting eachother no matter how crazy they may seem
to eachother. To the children, a family is not only the parents, but of aunts, and uncles, and grandparents, and cousins,
people who will help the parenst raise the child, and teach, as well as lend an ear or a shoulder when ever the child needs
these things. To the child, these people in their life, may have a great influence, as well as be the closest friends they
have ever had. And of the grandparents, everything that they have learned of family at one point or other is passed on, they
are there for the children, as well as the grandchildren, they are the ones who influence the children the most not just through
raising the child, but through their general character as well, with the love and understanding they feel for eachother, as
well as for the familly as a whole. This is what a family really is, and a lot of these people that are so close to us, we
never realize just how close they are, or how much they mean to us till they they are gone. My Grandfather passed on in July
of `93, and he has called my Grandmother to him on Oct 12, 2000. Though these people are missed, I cannot forget the lessons
I`ve learned from them nor can I forget the love that I had for them, But I rejoice in their passing for the person they influenced
me to be, and for the life they`ve lived.
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