functional or dysfunctional family

What really makes a family functional or dysfunctional?  Everyone thinks different and to someone your family may seem dysfunctional but to you it can seem functional.  I always put my son's needs before my own needs and I think that I have a functional family but others might not.  In the Glass Castle the kids have gone without food or good clothes.  I don't think they had a dysfunctional family because they made it work and they were usually happy.  I guess it all really comes down to what people think.  It also shouldn't matter what other people think of you.  As long as you and your family are happy there is no way people can say your family is dysfunctional.

my vacation

My family on my mom's side does not live in Minnesota and I don't get to see them as much as I would like to.  I have not gotten to see them sense 2006 at my high school graduation.  I have relatives that live in Arizona, California, and Michigan.  Well this year for 4th of July we plan to go over to Michigan to see my family.  In Travers City, Michigan they have a festival called the Cherry Festival.  They have a lot going on over there for it.  We plan on spending a lot of time out on their boat and just spending time together and I am going to cherish every moment of it.

Fakebook

I currently have 153 friends on Facebook.  I know every one of them.  They are either my family, friends, or people I went to school with.  I am on Facebook everyday but will only talk to my family and friends that do not live in Minnesota.  I wont add anyone on my Facebook unless I know them.  Some could say that I am careful on who knows stuff about my life.

lessons in life!

Just sitting down and thinking about how this year has started has made me realize I am not living my life to the fullest.  Within the past two months I have knows two people that have died and just thinking about them has made me have a new thinking about life.  I have realized that you need to make whatever you can out of your life.  Love, Laugh, Live, and forgive because you never know when something will happen.  I have gone through changes from the start of the year.  Some of them good and some of them not.  If I have thought about that sooner I might not have pushed people out of my life.  This just shows that you learn new things every day weather your in school or not, you learn about your life.  So just a reminder to everyone to just live your life!

Grandma

I am a huge family person and nothing is more important then family.  My grandma is one of the most important people in my life.  We usually go to my grandparents house for all of the holidays.  The whole family would be there and we would just spend the day together.  I walk in to her house and the first thing I see is a tree that she keeps up all year.  She decorates the tree for whatever holiday it is.  She has pictures of the Grandchildren and Great grandchildren.  When we go there for the holidays the house smells of turkey, ham, meatballs, and bread.  One of my favorite meals is her potato dumplings.  I don't know what I would do without my grandma she has helped me out so much in my life and i love her so much.

Inspiring Song

I believe I can fly has inspired me a lot.  It has made me think I can be anything I want to be in life.  I have had my far out dreams like wanting to be a princess or a singer but now that I am only and have someone else besides myself to think about I have finally started thinking about making a better life.  I am hoping that remembering that I can be anything I want will help me get through school.

Writing and college

    Writing is difficult for me.  I would love to do more writing but When I get assigned something or just try to sit down and write it takes me longer than normal things.  I am terrible at concentrating.  I can just be writing something small and it will take me 20 minutes just to think of what I want in there or how it is supposed to go. 

    I decided to go back to college for my son.  I want him to see that education is important and that he can be anything he wants to be.  I am also in school so I can hopefully get a job that I love to do.  I don’t know if the major I picked is something I would love to do for the rest of my life and if I decide that it’s not I can always come back to school to figure it out.  I hope that college will help me decide what I want to do for the rest of my life.