Patchwork Quilt

As you may have read in my last post When It Rains, It Pours, my best friend is moving – in fact she just moved this past weekend. She has always been like a sister to me and although the distance now will be inconvenient for a quick get together, it shouldn’t impact our friendship negatively.  I didn’t grow up with the standard “family tree” style family. I was raised by a single mother, a very close aunt and of course my close friends.  I am very proud and thankful to all of those people who played a part in my upbringing, which has made me into the person I am today.

I hope to teach my kids about the importance of friends and family and help them understand that “friends are the family we choose for ourselves”.  I truly believe this and have experienced this throughout my life. I have often felt like my “family” is a patchwork quilt of people who make it up and I wouldn’t have asked for it any other way.  I have grown my family even more in the past few years and as my children grow, so will our “family”.

I have always dreamed of  being part of a big family and now I realize I am.