Family is Like a Drag Queen

A family is a funny thing, for me anyway. It's kinda like a...hmm... lol kinda like a drag queen. From a distance it's a beautiful thing, but after you get up close and take a good look, you see the reality of the situation, all the imperfections, and all the things that just aren't right. What you see at first and from a distance, is really not what you get.

I moved away three months ago, 500 miles away from my hometown. My family came to visit this weekend. We had a great time. I'd missed them, so had my daughters. It had been kept a secret from the girls so that my mom could suprise them. We woke up early and I told them we were going to my sister's house to visit. Little did they know that my parents and my other sister were there waiting to see them. It was a nice reunion. We spent some quality family time together, laughed, and shared memories.

As the hours rolled on, the many imperfections in my family became clearer and clearer. Mind you, we all have families like this. All families have their problems and issues. It was just kinda funny how as the day went on, the joy of seeing my beloved family turned into weariness of the same ol' crap I used to deal with when I lived with them. I love them, always will, it was just...funny. Not funny haha, just funny strange, like drag. :)

As they left, a sense of loneliness swept over me. I'll miss them, and all the imperfections of my family. Love is strange isn't it? lol

*smiles contentedly and plays "One April Day" by Stephin Merrit* :)

Hmm...it's times like these that make me lonely. lol. I need a hug.

G'nite.