Importance Of Spending Time With Family

I believe in the importance of spending time with family. You never know when a family member could be taken away from you .

Ever since I can remember my family has always been really close but never to the extent we are now. We do everything together now and it doesn’t just include my mom, dad and 3 sisters and myself but also my aunts, uncles and cousins. Whether its going to our ranch in Thousand Palms and paintball or ride the quads or staying at home and getting together to watch a new released movie.

But things weren’t ever as good as they are now. May 15 2006 was the day I truly realized that spending time with family was important. I believe is was the day that not only I realized it but my whole family realized that it’s important to cherish the time spent with your family because you never know what you have till it’s gone. That night my uncle died from hanging himself from a tree . My uncle was a drug abuser and always in and out of jail but that never changed the way I saw him and the way he was towards me, and the way he cared so much for everyone. Whenever he got away from all the problems and drugs and spent time with us he always had a big smile on his face and was just truly happy. He loved to call me “my little cutie pie” and pick me up and give me the biggest hugs and twirl me around in his arms. At that time, I really didn’t think about how much it meant to him to spend time with us as well as it did to me.

Now I would give anything in my power to get a hug and spend time with him again. I miss my uncle a lot and losing him has changed my relationship with my family. Since than all I do is spend time with my family and tell them each and every day how much they mean to me and how grateful I am to be blessed with such an amazing family something I really didn’t say much to my uncle that now I wish I would’ve done. It sucks that it took my uncles death for me and my family to realize how fast someone you truly love can be taken away from you in just a blink of an eye. But since than our relationship has deepened with not only ourselves but with him and god.

Most people would rather spend time with friends instead of family members. It’s not that way for me. Family is like having your cake and eating it too. They are the closest relationships I have in life, and the most important and the only ones I need. Whether it’s 3 minutes or 3 days I believe time spent with family is well spent.