My family

My family is absolutely crazy. Not only personality wise, but size as well...we just seem to keep growing and growing. My middle brother just got married in May...so he now has a wife. Then my baby brother (whom we all thought would be single and live with mom the rest of his life lol) got a girlfriend. Now, I love my brothers. They are my family and I am extremely protective of the people that I love...especially my family. If you are lucky enough to get into my circle of trust then I will always have your back and will always care & look out for you. If anyone messes with you, they mess with me...lol. (Any of my friends can attest to this fact...if any one hurts them, I tend to get really angry.) Anyway...back to my brothers. I will be the first to admit that when Philip started dating Amanda, I wasn't really sure about her. I could really see a change in my brother that I wasn't really sure I liked. So they dated..no big deal, just dating, right? Wrong. They got engaged. Ugh. I wasn't a happy camper, but my brother doesn't really listen when you try to talk to him about his life...he is stubborn. Just like the rest of us. It's a family trait, I guess. But I swallowed my non-happiness and helped him with the proposal...I love my brother and no matter what I feel about the person that he loves, more than anything I want him to be happy. So you swallow your feelings and get on with life. Which is what I did. So they get married. Now..lemme say that I don't really know why I didn't care for Amanda. It wasn't that she was a bad girl or did anything wrong to me...I just felt as though she didn't "fit" in my family. Does that make sense? I felt bad that we were all loud and obnoxious and overbearing and she was just kind of there. But I really felt like I tried and tried to get to know her or befriend her...to no avail. It just seemed like I kept getting stonewalled....So ok, I give up. But I can see now that my brother really really loves her..and so for that...I love her. And since they got married, they have really grown. Especially Philip. I really really hope that they are happy. (And Amanda...I don't know if you are or will read this, but I want you to know that no matter what feelings I may have had in the past, I do love you and have no hard feelings towards you at all. You are part of the family and I am glad you are.)

Now about Jonathan. He just met and started dating KC about 2 months ago. This girl....oh this girl. What can I say about her? She is crazy! But in a totally fun way. She is zany and fun and goofy...everything that I am. This might have been what caused the anomosity between me & Amanda....she is everything that I am not--so it was hard to get to know her. But KC is a different breed. It is actually a little freaky because she is A LOT like me. It is as though my brother is dating me. Creepy. LOL. But he is so happy...and so in love. I have never seen JD (Jonathan) with a girlfriend, much less giddy about a girl. But he loves her. You can see it in his eyes. He made his really sweet video thing for KC for Christmas...I cried. It was a sweet sweet sentiment . They have only been together for 2 months, but I can really see them getting married and living happily ever after. They are just such a fit...they belong together. She made him a video as well and one thing she said was "When God made you, he must have had me in mind." (or something close to that..) and I think that is true. They really do go together. Ah...young love. lol.

And to guide us all and show us the way in love, life, faith...you name it...is my mom & dad. I can't even begin to tell you how I feel about them. Supportive, caring, understanding, stern, giving, fun, relentless, faithful to God, loving, etc., etc. They are the greatest parents that a child could ask for. It amazes me how far they have come in life and are really flourishing now. Coming back from literally the bottom to be the happy, secure, content people that they are now really shows theat God blesses those that are faithful to him. I can only hope to be half the people, parents and Christians that they are.

So anyway, this kind of turned into a long winded post...but we all got together this weekend. The first time that we have all been together at once..including KC. We had a lot of laughs and just a whole lotta fun. I really really love my family. I have to think that I am one of the luckiest girls in the world for being blessed with the family that I have.

Now if only I could be blessed with expanding that family...