least they should. I used to believe that blood was thicker than
water; your immediate family was more important, in every way.
Even so, they held a kind of responsibility for you, as you also
represented them in the world.
Then I moved away to school, and it came to me that one of my secret
desires was to create my own personal family. I wanted to believe that
'family' meant more than genes and culture, more than
susceptibilities and stereotypes. That was hard. I lost and gained SO
many friends, so much family. For me, 2008 was a year of
recalcitrance. We all congealed. We began the road towards becoming
who We are. And yet, in the process, something totally unexpected
happened: we continued to live. We didn't die when we lost a companion
or a love. We didn't transcend to another plane of existence when we
experienced brief encounters of enlightenment. We stayed human. That's
all we can be.
2009 is upon us...
Let's remember the way things were. Let's remember that while we're
still alive, we can forgive and forget. But above all, let us remember
that we, whether we actually realize the truth of it, are a family.
All of us. A family.
Happy new year.
LoveT
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