here's what i think...family

Good evening,

This will be short and sweet. Some people say, "blood is thicker than water". Fuck them. I made the decision to remove my father from my life when I saw that he was nothing more than a cancer upon my happiness. Today, I wrote a facebook comment to an aunt of mine that had the audacity to say that she is left in the dark from the family when in fact she receives invitations to all family events and chooses not to show up. Ever! So, I laid out the facts very plainly for her and essentially told her to get her shit together when it comes to her family.

Nothing has come of this yet, but I felt like I needed to write a little more about it. I have no idea who said "you can't choose your family" but that guy was right on the money. You can't choose your family, I didn't. Most everyone on my mother's side of the family (excluding the aunt I'm referring to) kicks ass. My father and his family suck giant monkey balls full of herpes so I don't associate with them.

The light at the end of the tunnel here is that you can choose your friends and I have chosen some of the best people this planet has to offer to be my friends. These are men and women who truly care about me and would do anything for me simply because they know I would do the same for them, just like a family is "supposed to be". These friends are really my family as well, but they are the family I chose.

Maybe because of that they have a higher place of honor in my heart?

I don't know. What I do know is that it's Thursday, it's late for me and I've got work in the morning.

Good night,

Kyle