That is when the definition of a family expanded. Back then, we kept in touch by writing letters and having very short, expensive phone conversations once a week, either with Gal’s parents or with mine. Over 25 years ago, I moved with my husband and daughter to the USA and had to be away from my family. For one of my soul sisters’ birthdays, I wrote her, “I’m happy and honored to be your true sister, not just a biological one”, and I meant it with all my heart. Much later, I also realized that although we had the same parents, we didn’t grow up in the same family, because they were different people for each of us.Īs soon as my youngest sister was born, I had 3 sisters, but we became soul sisters only later, after building wonderful relationships. We were five children and the relationships we had were so different I knew blood had nothing to do with it. This made me realize that blood had nothing to do with being a family. Rarely, do members of one family, grow up under the same roof The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life. One quote in there changed my definition of Family. Back then, we hardly had blended families or adopted children, and I never questioned this definition. And your siblings, the children born to the same parents. It included Mom and Dad, the people who gave birth to you and raised you. Family was a group of people related by blood. Before reading the book, the definition of family was very simple for me. This book has made a huge impression on my life and this quote changed the way I looked at family and life. One of the family quotes was from the book Illusions by Richard Bach, which I had received as a gift. Recently, my sister helped clean up my parents’ house and found the quotes I left there 38 years ago. I took a sheet of thick paper that looked like an old scroll, burned its edges with a candle, wrote some quotes on it (by hand) and put on to my wall with sticky tape. Family quotes, and other quotes, have been part of my life and personal growth since I was 16 years old.įor the first time, I had my own room.
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