Family

When you think of your family, what do you think of? Home, mom, dad, grandparents? I think of stress. I will be honest. Dealing with my family is like belonging to a political party and trying to "cross the aisle" to make peace with the other side. If I do something with/for one side, the other side gets irritable. The funny part of it is that each side thinks the other one is out to get them and neither can understand that they each want exactly the same thing: equal time and representation.

Here's what I want! I want a family who loves me no matter what. I want a family who doesn't keep score of how much time/effort is spent on the "other side". I want a dad who remembers to call me every now and then. I want a mother who doesn't get ticked off at me every time I bring up my dad's name. I want grandparents who don't hate my parents. I want a family who compromises for me every now and then instead of expecting me to make all the concessions.

I want a normal family.