So, it looks like I'll be having 2 posts by the end of this week. I have been procrastinating my blog posts and need to repent! Something on my mind has been the reason why one would migrate to the US for a better opportunity. My biological family did this, and for a while it actually worked. We had a better life and anything we could want. But then want turned into need and everybody became greedy. My uncles and aunts went to work harder and spent less and less time with my cousins or with us. My cousins turned on one another claiming that one was favored over the other. In my situation, my brother and I just didn't have anything. So, it became who can take care of Oscar (my bro) and Sarah the best and we became an obligation. Now all of my uncles are divorced. They have lost everything (family-wise). They live alone and try to keep in touch with the rest of their siblings because they regret the choices they have made in their lives. I've watched my family fall apart first hand because of the "American Dream" and immigrating here and I'm always left to wonder... "What if they had never come to the US? Where would I be today?" Everything happens for a reason!

When I think about the way my family functions, it's crazy how much of an affect each and every sibling has on our family. We all work together as a whole and I couldn't imagine it any other way. When I was home for Christmas break, I had my sister just younger than me wish that she could have everyone home all the time. Things just weren't the same anymore since one sister is married and 2 of us are at college. This next Fall semester another one of my sisters will be heading away to school leaving only 2 kids left at home with my parents. It's so crazy how in the span of 2 years our household went from 8 to just 4. Our family has had to learn to adapt to function in a new way now that there are less and less of home.

It feels like no matter how much everybody tries to ignore the importance of families, it always creeps up. Families are a big influence on future generations. If someone is raised from a broken home, it is more likely that they too will have a broken home and vice versa. When you have individuals raised in homes with 2 parents, they will most likely get married and have a complete family. Divorce really takes a toll on everyone who gets sucked into it. I've had to deal with 2 divorces in my life. They were not pretty and it sucks that it happened. My real dad was married once to my mom and then again to my step-mom. It was a horrible experience both times and it has made such an impact on my life. I will never get married because I feel like I have to. That's just dumb and anyone who gets married for that reason kind of deserves to have their marriage fail. You marry someone because it's the right thing and you're in love with that other individual. It is a very selfish act to marry someone you don't love. It's not fair to you and especially not fair to the person you marry. I also strongly believe that if you love someone and things aren't working out as well as you'd hoped, you should seek help so that you can have things work the way you want to. Well I don't know how these blog things work exactly. I hope you all enjoyed my rant. Maybe I'll get better over time. Bare with me. (I think that's the right form of bear/bare... I don't know)