family feast-er, happy easter

rule number one: love your family.

endlessly.
always.
regardless.

your family should be the most important thing in your life.

because honestly, who else do you have?

yeah, you have your best friend or your boyfriend or girlfriend
yeah, you have your neighbour john or that kid that works at the till next to yours
but they weren't there at the hospital when you weighed under ten pounds
and they weren't there that time you finally took off your training wheels
they didn't hand you the keys to a car on your 16th birthday
and they're going to film your entire graduation even if it says "no videography, please"

other than walking downstairs into my kitchen,
it is about a six minute car ride to the houses of the most important people in my life
the people that love me endlessly, always, and regardless

you: please don't lose sight of who should be important
i know it's hard - believe me, i've been there
and i have spent days - months, even
trying to convince myself that somebody who was without question an important figure, wasn't
nobody will ever know what they want
but it's more important that you know where to start
i'm going to be my mom and tell you to be the better person
promise me that one day you'll give it a try
she needs all the help that she can get
regardless of what she has done
she is not worth your anger

i hope everybody ends up with their family today - somehow
no matter where they are
because i'm going to be on skype with my family in Italy

over 14 hours away and an 8 hour time difference wont stop us
no way.