Family is a strange concept to me.
I mean, I have one of those.
But my relationship with "family" is different than the image one would create for the idea.
The way we interact with each other is . . for lack of the motivation to find a better word, different.
And thinking about it..
I see the members of my extended family about once a year, and it's been that way or a very long time.
I wonder how these things effect me....
Just a thought.
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For the past couple of years I have been thinking about these things too. For me, however, it's different. We have two very different experiences when it comes to defining the intricacies of "family."
You already know, I have my entire family here on this island. I see my extended family at least three times a month and we have (ultra?)extended family reunions atleast once a year.
I have been thinking about these things because I don't plan on living here, on this island, for very long after graduating from Pac Rim. And I'm not sure if I am coming back. I have been thiking about these things because what if my child was you, so far away from the connectedness of extended family and having a decreased amount of human beings to be identified with. Idk. I do know that much of the Continental American family experince is similar to yours, and that what exists here in Hawaii is quite rare - but does it need to be?
Or maybe, what being apart from family does is force people to find the meaning of "family" in other, less similar individuals. Maybe that's what culture is made of. Maybe that's what we need to discover.
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