Not being a native of Oklahoma, and having only myself and offsprings as family members, I have added people to my world family, after all we are all have a membership in the human race.
Each person add something that was missing in my life. As all of us have our special gifts to add. Right now I have a women living with me, she was my neighbor and become homeless. Now she is my sister. We are both benifit from the arrangement.
I am disabled and use a wheel chair most of the time. I also l enjoy a clean house. She isn't a good good but love to eat. So we have a devision of labor.
A couple of my found sisters, helped me deal with some major life upheavels, the loss of my husban and mother with in four months. I don't know if i would be here if it wasn't for them.
One of my speical brothers lived in the small town my family lived before the death of my husband. He kicked my in my buns and made me face the fact that life wasn't over because I couldn't deal with my losses.
There is also a father and son, who really needed a family to care and help them, and my family reached out to them. The father can not read, however he is an asset to our family.
Like all families we may not always see eye to eye, but in the conflicts we grow. To open you heart and add to one's family is not always easy. When you loose one of them, the pain is no less than what you would feel to a natural born sibling. I know first hand, for I have lose two blood siblings, and three found siblings, and I still morn all of thers passing.
So open you're heart and reach out to others, you maybe surprise.
