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June 4, 2010

Greetings...

My new blinds were installed yesterday and look great. I sent the
bill to the painter and am hoping he will send me a check like he
promised. We shall see...

Our solar system is ready and waiting to be turned on. The final
inspection and approval was done Tuesday and we are now waiting for
the elcetric company to come and install the new meter. No one seems
to know how long that will take and the fact that temperatures will
be in the 106-109 range over the weekend doesn't seem to make them
any quicker in getting this operational...

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Today's topic comes from a conversation my mom and I had while I was
in Chicago. As is always the case, we start talking about people that
have come and go in our lives, some related, some dear friends...

When talking about some family members, I told my mom I would rather
have some of the friends I had over some of the relatives I have/had.
I fully thought she was going to argue that fact with me, but gave it
some thought before agreeing with me!

One of her friends, who passed away a few years ago, was closer to her =

than her own sisters, who she is close to, but doesn't have the strong =

bond she had with her friend. She was also like a second mother to me...=


Her sisters, my aunts, aren't close to me even though they live here in=

Arizona and quite frankly, if they weren't related to my mom, I doubt I=

would ever exchange a word with them, let alone a relationship because =

they both possess qualities I find repulsive! In this case, blood may=

be thicker than water, but I would want a transfusion if I had to deal =

with them on a regular basis...

I think most of you have figured that I am extremely close to my mom and=

my sister, and it may surprise some of you to know I also have a brother=

who is 16 months younger than myself. He lives a few miles from my mom =

and sis. He and I are NOT close, never have been and never will be. It's=

one of those facts of life that is understood and accepted by those who=

know us. He and my sister, on the other hand, are very close. I don't =

know if it's because she is so much younger than us or he and I are too=

close in age. Whatever the reason, I have had male friends that have
called me sis and treated me as such, and I, too considered them brothers=

and still do. In a way, it's sad that "strangers" share a closer bond=

than blood relatives, but this only gives weight to my argument that
blood alone isn't enough to make everything "peachy"...

I have loads of first cousins and only consider one of them as close to=

me as a sister. She has the unfortunate "luck" of having my mom's sis=
ter
as her mom, and hasn't spoken to her in years, a decision she had to
make for self-preservation. In her case also, her friends were there
for her when those that should have been weren't. I would venture a guess=

that the blood is thicker than water cliche isn't something she buys eith=
er...

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I realize for every incident I just mentioned, plenty of arguments could=

be made as to the importance of "blood". In a perfect world that may=

have been when family was the cement that held everything together. We're=

no longer in that perfect world and the times have changed to the point =

that humans have gone another route that involves cheating their own,
lying, and plenty of other behaviors that only make it more disgusting =

because it is done to family! Read the papers, watch TV, and listen to=

countless news reports of family members doing harm to family members, =

sometimes with disastrous results and usually over the almighty dollar...=


Chances are those family members didn't turn out bad out of the blue,
I would guess they had a history of being "bad seeds" and were cut a=

break solely because they WERE family...

I guess I give less chances to people. I always give a chance or two,
but never a third. Heartless? Nah, preventative...

Many of you remember Flyboy meeting his long lost family a year ago.
A lot of you have written asking how that went or is going. It's one
of those good/bad deals. His brother, the only full blooded sibling,
and Flyboy continue to grow their relationship and in this case, you
can see the genuine love and mutual respect between them. We have
seen him and his family a few times and will hopefully get together
this Summer at our home...

The others? Not so. Having some of the same blood doesn't make love
automatic and when you don't meet your sibling until he's 50 years old,=

time is needed to build a relationship and if you happen to be wackos, =

then there's a good chance a relationship isn't going to be formed. They=

didn't know my husband and know nothing of what kind of man he is. He
offered his friendship, which was embraced by his brother. I remember
some of the horror stories some of you shared when I first wrote about =

this a year ago and I think you can tell from the last two paragraphs, =

everything didn't go quite as well as some of them expected. You kind
of get an early clue when 15 minutes after meeting, one of them mentioned=

getting free airline tickets thanks to their pilot brother...

Yessireeee, welcome to the family...not!

You might think I sound harsh with all that I have said, however, somethi=
ng
tells me each one of you have your own personal stories regarding friends=

that have been there for you and relatives that have tried to suck the =

blood out of you...

So which one is it? Is blood thicker than water, no matter what the
actions or consequence, or is friendship the bond that has remained
in your lives?

Have a great weekend everyone!

:-)


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