What It Means To Be In A family

I over the last week and a half have really evaluated what it means to be apart of a family. Being apart of a family means having a job to do just as much as the rest of your family. It means to take the good with the bad, whether or not you brought it on yourself or someone has brought it on you. It means taking pride in being apart of your family and taking responsibility for your actions, for they not only reflect you as a person but they reflect your family as a whole. It means receiving and giving tough love when it is needed. It means lifting each other up when times are rough. It means being able to talk to one another no matter what it may be about. It means being truthful and honest even though it may get you into trouble. For honesty will get you a whole lot further then a lie. It means stepping up to the plate when you just don't want to. It means having compassion for on another. It means loving one another even when you don't want to. It means facing consequences when you have messed up. It means learning from your mistakes and figuring out together how to move forward. It means sticking together no matter what it takes, for your family are the only people who will always be there for you, loving you, supporting you and willing to help you see things through. One of our family mattos is " Do what you know you are suspose to do in order to do what you want to do" But above all love one another just as Christ loved the church, unconditionally, with out judgment and with out fear.
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