A FAMILY LIKE MINE

i have six aunts, four uncles and an aunt and an uncle in my grandfather's second wife. i also have 39 cousins, five nephews and four nieces.

every Christmas, all saints day, and other occasions we would all gather in my lolo's house. we would party. everybody would be talking and if you're the silent type. you won't be unnoticed-just that most of us are dominating. everything is about competence. so if you are silent you cannot be silent forever. our personalities are just infectious.

its not a typical family. because we are disturbingly closely bonded. well that's just it. like a tree the strength comes from the roots. so other people may throw stones. but come on. you cannot kill a wall. well my uncle entered politics so, the family name became a bit famous in our municipality. so we looked up at ourselves more.

at the moment aunt Jane is still in abroad and I'm wondering how she did it- being separated from the family all these years. i never knew her totally-but you see in my family everybody is just like everybody. so when she comes home she's not totally the image of a rich aunt the fact that she doesn't have a family but o well look at it from a different perspective. we all try to spend time despite the busy life.

i failed to notice the importance of embracing where i came from. because family is where the heart is they say. and i think it is always like that.

now that lolo passed away. i think it is a new challenge to keep everything intact. now that a lot of issues are arising. truly it is a newer life that we all live right now. i must say no one really died. its just that the body faded. like what aunt Mary always say about transcending from the material world. that's why she's a vegetarian. and few understands why.

so maybe one can scrutinize us all. hate some hate the others. baseline: we love one another. so seasons may change winter to spring... that's a line from a song.


here i feel like talking about them. since things seem not to be the same.