a Journey

Shifu said: "Don't forget to treasure your family."
It was a good thing he said it, because I just might have excused myself mid-way through the monthly family dinner tonight. I was torn between the dinner, the girls, and the bitches. In the end, I chose. Family. And I'm glad I did.

It's easy for us to overlook the ones who're constantly at home when we return, because they are always there. No matter what fast one we pull, or how infuriating we may get -- when the shouting matches are done and over with, we know that we'll usually get our way.

And, for all the "No" we hear, I think it hurts them more to reject us than to give in to us. And yet, they do so because, they're family.

They would give us the moon and the stars if they could. Anything within their means, would be given. They don't do it because they want to spoil us -- although that usually is the end result. They do it because they love us. Because they want to make us happy. Because they want to give us what they deem is best for us.

Mummy, Happy Birthday! :)