My family is basically like any other disfunctional family out there. Now that I'm getting older, it gets harder and harder to relate with them on a lot of stuff. My mom's just on a completely different page than I am, but it's not like I hate her for it. She does her thing now (which is mostly church), and I'm tryin' to do mine.

All those 'gaps' crudemood mentioned are probably the reason for my distance as well. I wouldn't dare go back and get a new family, and I am blessed to have some of the family members I do, whether I appreciate them now or not.

One thing my mom has never let up on is church. She's so immersed in it that she always tries to get me to do the same. I'm not much on the idea of a religion that works more as a business, at least not now.

But, family's family. They'll be there for life, which is more than the rest of the people in my life can say.