Define family:
"In human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity,
affinity, or co-residence. In most societies it is the principal
institution for the socialization of children. Anthropologists most
generally classify family organization as matrilocal(a mother and her children); conjugal (a wife, husband, and children, also called nuclear family); and consanguinal(also called an extended family) in which parents and children co-reside with other members of one parent's family."
I am not trying to piss you off with the academic,anthropological
definition of family and all but felt would just copy and paste from
wikipedia....just to see how many of you guys would be petrified at the
thought of an academic,intellectual blog from me :P...oh I was just
trying to have fun...well this is the fun part and my thoughts go
as..................
Well sitting back in my room in Delhi and feeling like missing
anything...it is nothing but my family and home.The only persons who
never judge us and are never tired of us and bear with us all the time
and with whatever we do,are ever ready to embrace us in their arms,are
empathetic towards us and make us feel awesome is family.In today's
materialistic world when everything and anything is based on material
gains only a few things are pure and will continue to remain so and
definitely one of those very few handpicked things is Family....which
gives a feeling of warmth,comfort and a confidence that we are there for
you no matter what.
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| My bro who has been with me at all times :) |
Looking at the facebook posts of several of my friends who are in their
jobs and are excited about going home during the weekeend I understand
that it is not only me who understands the importance of family and home
but everyone of us who during our bachelors would have found every
excuse to go out and spend time with our friends ;).....but now given
even half a day we would without any exception love to spend it with our
family.Well who can forget the little chocolate fights,stealing money
from our siblings,crying foul if our parents show more attention to our
elder or younger siblings,fights with even much elder friends in the
neighbourhood or at school if they fight with our brother or sister(well
it is only me who can fight with them but you lay a hand on them and
you are dead :P),dancing in the rain,playing together coming home late
and telling excuses,never willing to share a bite of your favourite
confectionery....well the list goes on and on and on.
How many times our parents would have scolded us saying that we are the
worst kids on this planet and that no kid of our age would ever behave
like this(at first we would have believed that it is true but later on
we come to know that it is the same in every home and
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| My parents who are the pillars of my strength :) |
smile off ;) ) and
that they are fed up with our behaviour but even if we get a small
scratch their heart misses a beat....their is immense,their love is pure
and their love is unconditional.When I go home even with the worst
things happening in my life or turbulence of any sort,one smile from my
mom,dad and one call to my brother just puts them away and i feel
wonderful...who can give this feeling to you except your FAMILY :)
Well many of us by this time would have understood how much wonderful
it is to have a loving mom who no matter how bad the day was for her
would first like to know that everything went on well for us that
particular day and that we are happy and we ate on time
(how
many times we would have become angry on her saying to let it be ,but
now far from her we know how much we miss her and love her) and that
awesome creature called dad who acts as strict at times but is working
hard and not even caring for his health but day in and day out thinking
about us and our well being....saving money so as to provide the best
for their kids.
How great is a feeling of having such wonderful people
around you...we all are lucky and blessed to have them.But what about
those devils or our counterparts in every mischievous deeds of ours and
our first friends and best friends for life aka out siblings.How can we
ever forget them...Oh my God!!how many times did our moms cry because of
us and how many things we broke together..countless ;).The fights that
we had we would never have with anyone else not even willing to share an
extra morsel of your favorite pudding to cooking their favourite
dish,fighting for the goddies to saving money so that you can gift them
their favourite,eating off theirs and saving ours for later(hehe i guess
each of you must have done that)to offering yours also,complaining
every little thing to sharing the secrets that only you two know we have
come a long way in our relationship.Sharing about our first crushes to
the marriage proposals(well if your sibling has a love interest you are
the mediator too and well you may even have to spill the beans to your
parents..ha you make have to face the music for being the accomplice too
:D).
As years roll by and we grow up slowly do we understand that we
have become more loving and considerate towards or bros and
sisters.They would mean everything to us,the first ones we remember when
in ours joys,sorrows,proposals and break-ups ;).They become an
inevitable part of our lives.We can hardly think of anything in our
lives in which they do not have a role to play.Kudos to all such
brothers and sisters.
Well what you get has to be reflected too.Now that our family has loved
us and taken care of us so well it is our responsibility to take care
of them.It is the time we take over...we are growing up and so are our
parents growing old.They have worked tirelessly for the past 30 years
and it is our turn to take care of them.They took care of us when we
didn't know how to eat,talk,didn't know what is meant by cleanliness but
loved us inspite of all that,woke up all night if we fell ill but never
let the smile off their lips...This is my request to all my
friends....let us take care of our parents much better than how they
took care of us and let us be the ever standing pillar of support to our
siblings,yes they deserve this and in fact even something much better.
P.S:I
dedicate this article to all the wondeful parents ,brothers and sisters
out there who have made good families and gave the best childhood we
could ever ask for.THANK YOU :)
