i already wrote about how much i love my family...and how grateful i am for them~ i hope everyone can appreciate what family they have...while they can.

i heard about a lady~ her husband was a firefighter...one of the first called to the world trade center. he was killed there. this lady's father flew out to n.y. for the memorial service. he was on his trip back home...on the plane which crashed a lil while ago...

for those of us that still have family members...why do we have to fight so much? there really isn't much need to do so.

someone told me that...there really is no point in getting so mad. cuz...later we just totally forget about why we were so mad in the first place~ why get so worked up over something so little?

i try not to fight with my family. really, the only person i have a lot of problems with is my birth mom. but i'm trying really hard to get along~ it really is hard, but i'm working on it...and i think she is too~ but it's not like it's really easy to get along so well with family. i know this. perhaps it's easier for me since i don't live with my immediate family anymore, but even so...i keep in touch...and we have good relationships...and it's not like we fought a lot when we lived together~

i'm not saying i'm the greatest..and that everyone should follow my example. really, i'm not. i have a lot of trouble too. but i'm very grateful for my family & friends..and i try to show it. maybe cuz i grew up as the lil sister...so i'm sort of used to doing stuff for others...especially for guys (i think~ i'm assuming this, cuz janet and i noticed we both seem to be like that) and maybe that's why i get along well with them. iono. but i see my friends as an extension of family...

but let's all try to appreciate & show appreciation for family...for friends. cuz...in the end...sometimes family--or friends that you consider as family--is all you can count on. it doesn't hurt to show that we love them...admire them...respect them...appreciate them~