Sharing the Love

I lived with my grandparents through December, six weeks total, and I moved back on the 5th of January. It was strangely quiet living like an only child for those six weeks, and during the time away from my eight siblings I really did enjoy the quiet, because I needed it so I could, well, get my head on straight :P But when I got to see everybody again...I don't know, it was just so special...and I knew I wanted to be home again...because it was where I belonged. I knew it was going to be hard, because mistakes have consequences, but I needed my little siblings giggling laughter, their wild hair in the morning, and their sticky kisses. I needed my sisters random urge to curl my hair and pick my earrings for the day. I needed my brother waking me up at eight am on a Saturday by playing Wide Awake by Katy Perry outside my door, dragging me out of bed so we could durp around WalMart for an hour doing absolutely nothing. I needed my moms random laughter to remind me where I got my snort from. I needed my dad handing me my hot cup of coffee in the morning when I was cranky. Life is short and family is one of the only things that you'll always have. Sometimes it takes the hard times away to make us appreciate what we got.
Right now my 5yrold brother, Ben, is wearing my 12yrold sister, Abby's pink heart robe with a jump rope tied around his waist so he looks like a Valentines Jedi warrior. My 2yrold brother, David, is driving a car around on the kitchen floor wearing a fedora saying "Cool!". My 9yrold sister, Lydia, is working like a real trooper taking care of her bunny rabbits, and the first time dad helped her breed her rabbits she exclaimed "I knew he would get on top of her!". A few minutes earlier, my 16yrold sister, Becky, and I were in our Art/Music room attempting to work on our math homework and instead discussed the worst dating scenarios and drew cartoon figures on our papers.
Life without your family is really lonely. I wouldn't give it up for all the fashion forward clothes, the allowance of a lifetime, or a vacation to Hawaii, because family lasts so much longer than that...It stays with you...It won't be forgotten. Its special.