Blood relatives often have nothing to do with family, and similarly, family is about who you choose to make your life with.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
I am a great believer in found families and I'm not a great believer in blood.
I had no blood relatives till I made some.
The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.
My family has never been there for me. They expect things because we're blood.
A family is a group of people who are committed to loving and supporting one another. It's just that simple.
I believe family first. Blood is thicker than water. I grew up like that, and I want to continue to keep that goal in my heart. Just family first! Just honesty, integrity, and respect. All of that. I live by the code of those things. If you do that you'll be fine.
I think that in any family - black, white, Chinese, Spanish, whatever - family is family. You know that there's dysfunction, and that there's this cousin who doesn't like this auntie. But, at the end of the day, like I say, love brings everybody together.
I'm not entirely sure why I write about family, but I do know that it hasn't stopped interesting me. You meet and leave other people at different stages of your evolution, whereas family is made up of people who are constant links in your life, who know you over the course of time and have your complete curriculum vitae in their heads.
It consists entirely of people who are not related by blood, many of whom can't stand each other.