taken for granted
i've had the opportunity to have the concept of family brought in to focus lately as i learn more about the actions of someone who seems to have no concept of it at all. i guess "family" is something that i never really thought about because i figured it was a shared experience: pretty much everyone's affiliated with one, whether or not they choose so. so what goes wrong in some cases? how is it that some people don't have the same sense of what the word means?
one of those kinds of people has lobbed a pretty serious bomb towards my family, something that technically has the potential of splintering households... and our reaction has been to laugh and say "bring it on". this person doesn't understand that not only can they not come between us, but when they take on one of us, they take on us all. in a way, i feel sorry for them for not being able to see that since they don't have the referential experience themselves. but, mostly, i just feel sorry that they have no family, and clearly never will, which makes me all the more grateful for my family. it's almost peaceful knowing that i have a family to take for granted in the first place.
current mood: seriously, don't mess.