Family comes first

Family sometimes could be a necessary pain in the ass. Its so hard sometimes when you have to explain some aspects of your life that you somehow try to convey in the simplest of ways but still they just don't want to budge from what they believe. Well, sometimes, I really can't blame them for this behavour.

For me, I have not been home for almost 2 years now and all through this time, I have only been in phone contacts with my family. For us who are last born of our family we can attest to the closeness we have with especially our parents.

Just last night, I was talking to my mum and she was explaining to me of her current position. She just drained her glaucoma recently and at the time I called her, she was in the hospital for check ups. I felt that touch to actually go back home and just stay with her and comfort her for as long as she wants. Really, if I had my way, I would have likely bought the next ticket home or something. Anyway, that aside.

Sometime back, I was chatting with my sister about my next move to potentially go to South Africa for a year. She completely went blue over this and was completely against this. Now, this is quite usual of my sister as this is always her first approach to anything that takes me farther from home. Sometimes, I wander if they don't understand how this leads to a brighter future for me, but then on second thought I feel what they feel. Your family will always be your family. Blood is thicker than water, so the more distant you become with your parent, the more strange and unusual it become even for you internally; But I have always been the different one in my family and my parents have realised this. Anyway, lets not go too personal into this now.

So, I am faced with these issues in my hands. I am meant to do a good job here in New Zealand and then hopefully go to South Africa as well. Lets see what the future brings. If its time to go home, then nothing will stop that from happening and of course visa versa.

Family family family...always comes first!