There is No Kinesthesia

                In the dictionary the word “family “are those who one shares the same blood line with. However, being aware that this definition is based solely on the scientific definition, I respectfully disagree. Mothers and fathers can pass on traits through genetics to their offspring but aside from that concept I completely disagree that there is this granted “magical” bond or a kind of immediate kinesthesia between bloodline families. My mother and I don’t have a special sixth sense type of connection because we are “family.” Our love is indebted to the impenetrable connection structured by all the time we have spent with one another, and the granting of all my necessities at the expense of her time, energy, and even her dreams. Within the constructs of my mind, this adherence which is also shared with the rest of the members of my “family” for similar motives is very existent within the boundaries of what society calls “friends.”

                You are a person. You are human being with a human mind. The mind could have an inexplicable unity with another’s yet there is no requirement of bloodline in this bond. The mind does not require the same bloodline for that special attachment to exist. There is a grand truth to when people state, “Your family isn’t just people that you’re related to,” whether the motive for the statement is conspicuous to them or not. Parallel to my previous claim, this hold fast can very well be shared with those outside the realm of the dictionaries’ “family” for the reason also previously mentioned. The attachment created that defines what I consider a family is fortified by moments and memories built by the time spent together. The bond is created not granted. Family is not granted it is made. Time is put in for the assembly of a family not a through blood.

The importance of this connection is more important than I believe people in general give it credit for. I believe that tragedy can be avoided with little acknowledgement. The lack of that connection is the reason why I believe that murder within families is more and more common in our present time. Time and moments are not being shared like they used to be and the lack of that has become a catalyst for the reason that the news keep reporting to us horrid news of patricide, matricide, sororicide, matricide, etc. Bloodlines have lost their importance.