Dancing with Cinderella

Are we the perfect family? HA… not even close.

Truth is…

We disagree.
We annoy each other.
We judge each other.
We frustrate each other.
We calmly discuss our differences we once in a while yell and tell each other what bothers us and sometimes say hurtful things to one another…

For real.  We do.  We have.

Then we have all the grandkids… {what? Did you think I was talking about them already? ;-)}

They disagree.

They annoy each other.  A LOT.  {Almost as much as the adults ;-)… I kid, I kid.  It’s not nearly as much… KIDDING!}

They frustrate each other.

And, yes, they even yell and sometimes say hurtful things to each other.

But, if we as adults do it… of course they will too.

But what family doesn’t go through that?

In the end – we love each other.  We forgive each other.  We apologize to each other {even when we still feel we aren’t the ones needing to apologize}.  We value our relationship far more than a disagreement.

As a family we have been through a lot.  We’ve been close to falling apart … but we fought through it.  We’ve disappointed each other… but we dealt with it.  That is what families do… they move on… they get past things.

My parents are truly one-of-a-kind… they lead us through example.  They instilled the value of education by example – they both finished college and they proudly tell people that their 3 kids have ALL finished college and each have a graduate degree as well.  And they always proudly add the fact that our spouses do too.

Our parents celebrate with us daily… with all the new family additions…

As a family we have disappointed each other.  We have forgiven each other.  We have celebrated together.  No matter what, we still look for each other.  {We still need each other… sometimes we are too stubborn to admit it}.

I love the fact that I can say that my brothers love me A LOT and know that I am speaking the truth.

Through all our differences, through all our disagreements, through all our successes, and through ALL our memories…

We WILL ALWAYS be THE RODRIGUEZ FAMILY… the family who has been through a lot but has managed to get through it.  The family who is perfectly unperfect and is proud of that.  The family that I love through the good times and the bad.

 My Family…

Perfectly Unperfect- forever and for always!