Family is not the people who have given you life
A father is not defined by the male patron who sired you
A mother is not always the woman who bore you for nine months
Family will and always be at least to me the people who love you
Who raised you with care and gentle hands
Mothers teach and nurture
Fathers laugh and hug, and high five you when you've accomplished a goal
Brothers are those who tease and laugh and play
Sisters are those who you giggle with at the silliest things
A family is not defined by blood
Family are those you choose to be raised by and who will love you unconditionally
Regardless of the mistakes you've made
Or the sorrows you've faced
Family is love
And one may find it not always in the way they've expected or have been taught in school that this is that
Family can be a teacher, a neighbor, a friend,
I have come to find so many sisters
So many brothers to make funny faces at
So many mothers and fathers
There will always be a bond between myself and the woman who gave birth to me.
But she is not my mother
The girl who has the same biological parents as I will never be my sister
Because I have found a true Family and I will always love them, unconditionally just as they have loved me.
Never feel the need to love those who have treated you poorly.
You can find such kinder kin in those around you.
