Friday, January 06, 2006

The Importance of Family

I've decided that I have to keep moving forward with my good blogging habits this year. So far I've posted every day in 2006. Granted, it's only the 6th, but it's a great start and I know that as of next week, it's going to be that much harder to blog since I'll be in meetings all day, every day.

I don't have a lot to write about right now, but I will say this...hearing that Violet's Mom suffered a heart attack earlier this week really put a scare into me. It made me wonder what I would do if something bad happened to my Mom. She's so important to me (even if I do complain about her sometimes) and I would be lost without her. Sure she's far away but knowing she's there for me whenever I need her to be makes all the difference. If I didn't have her in my life, I would be lost right now. She's the glue that keeps my family together. I guess what I realized the last couple of days is that I've taken my family for granted and need to do more to show them that I appreciate them and need them in my life. That I need to form stronger bonds and learn about their lives, and teach them about me. It's time for me to grow up and stop waiting for them to reach out to me. I need to be the one to reach out to them - to show them how much they mean to me.

And it starts right now.


**Updated**

I've just finished sending out emails to my immediate family members, including a cousin, with a special request to my sister to hear more about her new man. I think that's a good start. The trick will be keeping the communication going when life gets more difficult. Hopefully this will be another resolution/change that I can make permanent.

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