Just got back from Monticello (the place where I was born and raised) and a family reunion. My whole family is very religious, and it was hard feeling any kind of connection with them. I guess its a sign of my siblings' innate personalities that I still have fun with them -- I wonder what our family would be like without religion. One brother is showing signs of rebellion -- he doesn't view beer as the devil's tool -- and I stuck close to him.
Its just weird to go an event designed to bring us closer as a family, and all I felt was how much I didn't belong. Remember that Sesame Street song? "One of these things is not like the other... one of these things doesn't belong." That's me!!!!
But despite that feeling, my family has risen above their conditioning and still show nothing but love and acceptance toward me. I know I will always have a place to go when the trials of life get too much. Its just that the conversation will suck.
Its just weird to go an event designed to bring us closer as a family, and all I felt was how much I didn't belong. Remember that Sesame Street song? "One of these things is not like the other... one of these things doesn't belong." That's me!!!!
But despite that feeling, my family has risen above their conditioning and still show nothing but love and acceptance toward me. I know I will always have a place to go when the trials of life get too much. Its just that the conversation will suck.
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Good to hear your birthday is going well so far. If you want me to do a birthday dance for you on cam or something let me know. I'll just be home painting and pretending to be artsie all day.