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We've all heard about "Alternative Families", and most of us have heard at least some of the various discussions on what should and should not make a family and if certain "families" should even be allowed. To me, a family is a unit bound together by love for each other and a willingness to be there, no matter what the cause. To that end, I have two families: The one I was born into, and the one I created with the ones I love. My birth family is pretty standard by means of social norms. I have a mother and a father and an older sister. We lived together until such time my sister and I moved off to college and see the world and to create lives of our own. My mother and father live at the home where I spent roughly half my life and share it with their dog. We used to have Mac (short for Lord Rusty of McAndrews), but he sadly passed away. They now have a completely insane dog known as Willow. My sister met a fine young man in England, got hitched, and can be found traveling various places of this great Earth. We talk, we chat, we hang out, and we have regular gatherings with our extended family. Oh, did I forget to mention that our extended family can include over four hundred people? That's including both sides of aunts, uncles, and cousins and their various spouses and children. Luckily only 20 to 40 people attend any given gathering, with the exception of any huge, life-changing events. See my birth family in action in
The family of my loved ones is the one that is not quite so conventional. I fell in love with the person I know I want to spend the rest of my life with, the only thing is, she is also a woman. She has two wonderful children that we have nicknamed "demon spawn" (to which they simply giggle when called), and to them I am their "Amma". We live together with the children, two cats, a dog, and the father of her children. We also have two really good friends, whom the children love and call "Da" and "Auntie Nikki", and another friend, "Mamma T" who often stop by. Our families are adjusting, slowly but surely, and perhaps in time the various separate families will be comfortable being called one. See our unconventional family in
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