A bond the holds us over time

“ The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together.” by
~Erma Bombeck
Family can be described as pieces to a puzzle, they are differently shaped around the edges , but fit together to make a complete picture. We are very different individuals there is a bond that connect us, that defines as a person. My family is unique , a few of its members are not connected to me by sharing DNA or blood but we have a deep bond that we share that has made us a family. This process can also be describe as having formed voluntary, members. “This is non-biological relationships that can fulfill family roles.” ( Interpersonal pg 290)
Jen is the oldest and she is six months older than me and Robin is nine months younger than me and Kate is three years younger. We are like sibling , we know all the stories, we have laughed together, comforted each other and shared our of life experience with each other. We are similar to puzzle pieces because we have a role to play in the bigger picture. Robin is the logical one, she always has a plan of action. She is bluntly honest and never holds back what she thinks. She probably the most athletic and she is the only who can really cook. I know if we were every got caught in a natural disaster she would figure out what we do and take us all to safety. Robin is someone you can talk to about many diverse subjects from current events to fashion . Robin and I are both very head strong and we argue the most out of the group. We been this way since childhood and an over time it has lessen to be not as much. Jen is funny and smart and a good listener. She is the kind person you can be silly with and she makes you laugh. You can
count on her to be there though difficult situation , helping you through. She the one who tries to
keep the peace and point out both sides when there is an argument. She also the most girly of the group and takes the longest to get ready. ( Once it was two hours we waited before we left the house.) Jen is the someone I always in contact with and talk to a lot throughout the week.
Kate is funny, energetic , stubborn, impulsive, inhibited. She very artistic and multi talented.( She my biological sibling) Kate is fearless she doesn’t let anything hold her back from taking chances. We are have a very close relationship, we are open and honest with each other no matter what. She is the baby of the group and is everyone looks after her . She doesn’t fight as much with everyone else because of the mentality that she is the youngest. The roles we play has to with content exceptions. “This focuses on how the relationship is defined by each role each partner plays.” ( Interpersonal pg 291) I gave an example of this by talking each of our roles in the family and how we interact with each other.
We communicate similar to the Walkers from the the tv show “ Brother& Sisters.” If one of us know something about the other it’s not long before everyone knows. There a scene from that from Brother & Sister where Kevin is one the phone with Sarah and Robert walks in the room.
(Robert is Kitty’s husband and Kevin and Sarah are Kitty’s siblings) and they began to discusses how they are worried about Kitty. Then Sarah calls Tommy and that leads other members to being call and suddenly everyone is discussing how what is wrong with Kitty and how to cheer Kitty up. This happens a lot in my family, we have very little secrets. I cant tell if that is because we are very close or that we don’t know how to disclose anything.