Family Dont End With Blood

Hey guys! So this blog, this is gonna be a long one. 

I was once told that "family don't end in blood" and I also learned along with that it doesn't start with it either. Now I want to be able to show that this is personal for me as well. My "brother" and my "sister" are both not related to me, but some of the closest family I have. My best friend Kelsey is a sister to me and Ive known her for 14 years. I tell her everything and she knows me better than I do lol. And then my big brother Stacy, he's 20, and he's a brother to me. He comes over when Im upset and need someone to talk to, or just wanna hang out he's there. These two listen to me rant about supernatural, Jensen Ackles, school, volleyball, boys, and the list goes on. 

I also have family who isn't the biggest fan of me, and turned their back on me. And im okay with that. You cant choose your family. But you can choose the people that you know love you and care for you. My step dad (for 10 years, but is now ex step dad i guess) kicked me out of his house after him and my mom got divorced because I "reminded him too much of my mom" who he still loved with all his heart. It sucked. Bad. It increased my anxiety and I was stressed because he was a second father figure to me. He was family. After what he did, I tried and tried to make it work but it made me realize one thing...If people don't care about you and want you in your life, stop giving a shit, and stop caring for them. He wasn't ever true blood family, but I just had to choose to remove him from my life.

But, I believe that someone close to you and cares for you, is family. Related or not, doesnt matter. I do have blood family that means the world to me, and we both care for each other with all our hearts. That is family. People you can share your good and bad with and they'll love you despite of it all. 

Family is not a word to throw around talking about the people related to you cause its not. Family is someone who would take a bullet for you. Someone who would be there for you. Someone who would help you up if you fell. Someone who knows you. Someone who cares about. Family is someone who loves you. Not someone that God decided to put in your bloodline that you see every Thanksgiving.

Thanks to Bobby Singer for sharing this quote with me "Family don't end with blood."

Stacy or Kels, if either of you two read this, I love you so much and couldn't live without you. ♥

"Never turn your back on family, even if they turn their back on you."

{MLC}