Family Guy

What are some things that people value in this world? Money, fame, women?  Most people value the family. That’s a pretty good thing to value usually. A lot of people have good experiences with their family. I have as well. But sadly when people have asked me to write down my values in the past, I do not usually say family first or second. Sometimes I put it third.

I know family is important and all that good stuff but I was never the person that would say things like “where would I be without my family.” For most of my teenage years, I was more of a lone wolf than a family man. I still had really close friends.

But for some reason I would be just fine hanging out by myself. If I wanted to hang out with someone I would just call a friend, I would almost never be with my family unless I had to.

But that all started to change during the spring semester freshman year. I had gone from 13 hours in the fall to a whopping 16 hours in the spring. That additional class made a huge difference. I was always exhausted and always working on something. I’m not proud to say this but one Saturday, I woke up at 8:30 and went to Sid Rich for a 9:00 class. Some people I knew saw me and asked what I was doing I told them I went to the book store and forgot it opened late.  I was just in such a habit of waking up and going to work on something.

I had a good break the weekend before my birthday though. My family came from Dallas to Fort Worth and we ate out at Macaroni Grill. It was a nice thing to do. My twin sister had come down from New York and we had a grand time.

After my family and I had parted it was then when I started to get home sick. It was a weird feeling that I had never felt before. Luckily spring break was the following week and I could recuperate. Then after spring break, finals week was there before we knew it and I was back home. The home sickness was gone. Then today I started to get homesick again. It was because I called my grandma and told her happy birthday. She was extremely happy that I called and told her and opened with 3 words “happy birthday granny.”

I started to miss home. So maybe I’m growing up right now. But who would have thought that growing up could consist of missing your family MORE?

I will try to be more intentional with spending time with the family.

I’m not sure if I’m a full-fledged family guy right now, but I definitely have begun to miss my family more. I guess distance really does make the heart grow fonder. I definitely do appreciate them more than ever.