Family.

I hate those who take the things they have for granted. We should always be grateful for everything we have and cherish it dearly because you never know what you could have one minute and not have the next. Mainly family, I feel that's one thing that most people overlook and take for granted.

If you have two parents you're likely to take that for granted not knowing how to live life with only one or none. If you have many siblings you're likely to take that for granted not knowing how it would be like with none. If you have a good relationship with your family you're likely to take that for granted not knowing what its like to not have family to depend and lean on.

I don't have the family I dream of, but I don't take the one I do have for granted. In an ideal world I would have two loving parents who care for me, I would have siblings who spend time with me and show me affection, I would have a loving family with no bad history and no trauma that bonds us together. I know that exists, but I also know in my world that's only a dream- a fantasy.

Instead since I can't have that ideal world of mine I strive to create that for my children, but even then a full loving family seems so out of reach. It's impossible in my eyes, it's unreal, it's not meant for me. So I find myself settling for what I know is obtainable and what I can make my true happiness because I would never take anything for granted.

Sure, I don't have two loving parents who care for me but I have a devoted and loving mother who cares for me deeply. Sure, I don't have siblings who are my best friends and whom I can share my deepest darkest secrets with but there's a few moments in which they show me love and affection that I cherish. Sure, I don't have a family with no bad history or trauma but at least we're alive and healthy and strong enough to heal and get past all that.

So when I say I hate people who take family for granted- I mean it. Because I'd do anything to gain my fathers love, I'd do anything to be acknowledged by any one of my siblings, I'd do anything to give my children the live I always dreamed of. You may have those opportunities that I don't- don't take it for granted.