Family

I have spent the majority of my life being mystified by family, to be perfectly honest. It turns out the hype about family is actually true, you just have to be selective about which members' advice you take and which you leave. It would have been nice to have learned this earlier in life, but then again, the rewards would probably have been not so obvious now. I am a tough learner. I learn things well, and sometimes fast, but I tend to make everything harder than needed for some reason. Fortunately, that is something that is changing, and I am happy to go more sensible routes now.

Today my brother offered a gift to me that will change my life, and I cried. I cried mostly because this and a few other things lately made me feel like I mean something to him and his family. Part of what I am referring to in the previous paragraph is that for years I felt unloved and alone. Finally, I realized that was all due to the lies of someone who truly did not love me, although she deceived me into believing that she did, and that no one else in our family did. Once I found her first lie, all the others fell away, and I am finding so many blessings in this world again. Life is good!

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