Saturday, September 16, 2006
MY FAMILY!!!At this age that I am, I think my peers generally would think they could not live without their friends. I on the other hand honestly think I could, without most of them anyway, as long as I have my family with me.
Today’s my little cousin’s birthday. He celebrated his birthday at some chalet, or the other, and invited his family from two sides, mother’s and father’s. I am from his father’s side and I find it really sad that not everyone from his father’s side turned up. It is a family gathering, for heaven’s sake, yet from our side, three ‘sub-family’ choose not to turn up. One of the families didn’t want to come because their child was sick, which is pretty reasonable and the other two choose not to come because of some siblings’ squabble.
I think whatever or however bad the issue is, the adults still shouldn’t deny their child, niece and nephew a chance to a proper family gathering. Especially, these days when every family is a small one, I think it is not only unfair but also unhealthy for the child. If you adults think you can survive in that single family unit, you are being self absorbed once again.
Where do you think your child can learn better interpersonal skills? Child care centre with their friends? Well, friends come and go, but family will always be there. It is a great social tie the binds your child home and to what's right. Imagine, without family, you have grown old and pathetic, you child finds you a bore and leaves you; no one will step in, stop them and stand up for you because they don’t know. But with family, their cousins and relatives will step in, stop them and encourage them to do the right things.
What I am saying is that being the only child, I sometimes do feel cheated. I think I deserve a twin or at least a sibling. But being the only child also taught me to be more appreciative of every single family members. I love my cousins so much, every single one of them. I love my grandparents and, aunties and uncles as well. How dull life would be without them.
But then again the thing with family is that they always think they know what’s best and that at times can be quite annoying. Like I’ve always said, family is the only reason I maintain such a thing called morals, and at times morals do get tedious. But for my family’s sake I would maintain them, at least for now… ;-)
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I am pretty much like every other girl. Perhaps not that much. I like thinking for my own. One thing I can't tolerate is for people to tell me they know me. I find that terribly arrogant.
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