THEY SAY BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER BUT I SAY LOVE IS STRONGER THAN BLOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FAMILY...... I'M STILL LEARNING TO UNDERSTAND THAT WORD. AT TIMES I FEEL SO DISCONNECTED FROM MY OWN FAMILY, THOUGH I LOVE THEM SO MUCH... SEE GROWING UP I WAS LABELED THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY DUE TO ME ALWAYS ACTING OUT SO TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT I WALKED AWAY FROM EVERYTHING I WAS FAMILIAR WITH DUE TO MY EARLY STRONG SENSE OF INDEPENDENCE. I WOULD SAY MY FIRST UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT FAMILY MEANT WOULD BE WHEN MY MOMS DEPORTED ME TO HAITI FOR 2 YEARS. IN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE LEARN TO MAKE SOMETHING OUTTA NOTHING EVERYDAY I LEARNED THE TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S MINES IS YOURS AND VICE VERSA. IF THERE WAS ONE BOWL OF RICE WE ALL WOULD SHARE IT... I USED TO GET MAD BECAUSE MY COUSIN'S WOULD ALWAYS TRY TO GIVE ME MORE FOOD BECAUSE I WAS FROM AMERICA. THEY LOOKED UP TO ME IN A SENSE. I MADE IT SOME WHERE THEY ALL AIMED TO BE.. IN HAITI AMONGST ALL THE POVERTY AND STRUGGLE THE ONE THING U CONSTANTLY SAW WAS THE WORD U FAMILY..PEOPLE THAT WOKE UP EVERYDAY AND STRUGGLED TOGETHER WHILE KEEPING EACH OTHERS SPIRITS UP. I REMEMBER SEEING THIS MATERIALISTIC LY POOR WOMAN WHILE GOING TO GET SOME AMAZING CREOLE FOOD IN CAP HAITIAN AND I LOOK AT HER AND SHE SMILED AND U COULD TELL IT WAS GENUINE.YOU COULD FEEL THAT HER HAPPINESS CAME FROM WITHIN SO NO MATTER HER OUTSIDE CIRCUMSTANCES... NO ONE COULD TAKE HER HAPPINESS AWAY .WHICH IN TURN RUBS OFF ON EVERY ANYONE THAT COMES AROUND HER..PEOPLE DON'T EVEN COMMUNICATE THE SAME NO MORE..PEOPLE ARE BECOMING ROBOTS..I REMEMBER MY BOY TELLING ME A STORY ABOUT THIS GIRL THAT WROTE A LETTER STATING THAT IF ANYONE SAID HI TO HER BEFORE SHE GOT TO A CERTAIN BRIDGE SHE WOULDN'T JUMP OFF AND GUESS WHAT SHE DIED.. DON'T GET ME WRONG I LOVE AMERICA BUT BEING FROM ANOTHER WORLD OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE NOT SO BEAUTIFUL SIDE OF AMERICA BUT THAT'S FOR A LATER DISCUSSION...HAHAHAHA..THEY SAY THAT WE ARE ALL CONNECTED IN SOME WAY SHAPE OR FORM... IN MY EYES I FEEL THAT IS SO TRUE DUE TO THE FACT WE ALL NEED EACH OTHER TO SURVIVE..NO MATTER WHO U ARE IN LIFE U NEED PEOPLE TO SUCCEED...U NEED FAMILY.... IN MY EYES NOW THAT I LOOK BACK FAMILY IS "ANYONE" REGARDLESS OF COLOR POLITICAL VIEWS,RELIGIOUS VIEWS WHATEVER.... "ANYONE" WHO ALLOWS U TO BE U WHILE HELPING U BETTER YOUR WEAKNESSES, NOT TO GET ANYTHING IN RETURN BUT BECAUSE THEY GENUINELY CARE ABOUT YOUR VIEWS AND YOUR IDEAS AND RESPECT U AS A PERSON..THE BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD IS KNOWING U CAN BE U A HUNDRED PERCENT AND NO MATTER HOW DIFFERENT YOUR FAMILIES VIEWS MAY BE FROM YOURS THEY LOVE U ENOUGH TO LET U BE U UNLESS YOUR HURTING YOURSELF.. I WILL JUST SAY I HAVE FAMILY FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND ALL WALKS OF LIFE... AND ITS COOL...

THE DREAMCATCHER'S LIFE >>>>>IT'S ALL ABOUT BEING TRUE TO U AND LOOKING PAST ALL THE B.S. THAT DOESN'T MATTER AND HELPING OTHER'S WHILE HELPING YOUSELF...