Family isn't always blood. It's the people in your life who accept you for who you are...who love you no matter what.

So this was my post on facebook yesterday. I am amazed at how many people responded to it with either a comment or a "like". For those of you who know me, you know that there is nothing more important to me than the ones I love, my family. This was the perfect quote for me because I have many people in my life that I consider family. We may not have the same blood running through our veins, but they are my family nonetheless.

I have experienced some great loss in the last year when it comes to family. Some I have lost through death, others through different circumstances. Regardless of how they were lost, there is still sorrow and grieving that accompany it. But, at the end of the day, I can say that while they were in my lives I was loving, giving and supportive. There is nothing I would not have done for them.

As I write this today, I am very thankful and blessed to have many people in my life that love me for who I am, that support me, and that would be there for me in an instant if I needed them. They mean the world to me. They are gifts from God and I thank Him everyday for bringing them into my life. Simply put, they are my family...