Family can be your greatest treasure and resource, the source of unending strength and encouragement.
Family can be your greatest disappointment, the source of incredible angst and unmitigated pain.
Some family members are the most stalwart, loyal, got-your-back, genuine humans on Earth
and some can’t be trusted as far as you could throw Mount Everest on a clear day.
Some show you a genuine and honest face of acceptance and unending love
others show a mask of genuineness and honesty that is as pretty and as false as a cubic zirconia – and is worth even less.
As you grow older and wiser, you learn to appreciate and honor those who return your love, and to avoid those who don’t.
Even if you gave birth to them.
Dirtdaubber Wasp 