Family

Family is a hard concept to grasp. I love my family very much. I have always grown up in a christian environment where I was taught family will stick with you to the end. I believe that completely and try my very hardest to be there for my family through proud moments in their lives. Over the past couple of months I have attended so many family events that I have worn myself out. I have to drive to Baton Rouge and back each weekend if I decide to attend something and that adds up to a total of 6 hours of driving per weekend. This is not even including the time it takes to pack and unpack. So when my mother called me two weeks ago to tell me she wanted me in for my niece's baby dedication, my immediate reaction was no. I needed a break from driving and I told her that, but that was not a reasonable excuse. The next week my brother calls me and wants to know why I am not going to the baby dedication. All I can think of telling him is the drive after driving so much these past months is unbearable. That was still not a reasonable excuse. Now I have my family upset with me because of my absence on Sunday morning for baby dedication. My argument as I state clearly is I love my niece very much, but sometimes I will not be able to attend every family event at their beck and call. It is not because I don't love my family, but because I have come to a point in my life where I am tired of making every one happy. Sometimes I have to think about myself and what is best for me. That might be a selfish way of thinking, but if I don't change now then my whole life will be spent making others happy instead of myself. There comes a time where it might be hard, but you just have to let some things go. I know years from now my niece will not know who was at her baby dedication.