A wonderful evening full of family and good food … much laughter and happiness.

I feel bursting with abundance … of love and joy and that of all the millions of people … I picked the best mama and best family.

Sure, we drive each other absolutely insane. We have times when we can hardly stand the sight or sound of one another. Just the other night, Brother was laughing and I asked what was so funny.

His response?

“You’re so fucking annoying right now and I can’t stop laughing about it.”

Yeah. That one … definitely hurt the ego pride … because, of course, my response was, “how could anyone find me annoying?”.

I know that … this annoyance, it’s not really about me … I get it … it’s more the state we personally are in that makes us feel annoyed by others … but still … it was great, a lovely reminder that yes, even I {shocker} can annoy the shit out of people.

Hopefully it’s not too terribly frequently.

And Maman? I can’t get enough of her. No doubt I’ve got to be annoying her while I’m at it, too … however.  This totally does not count. Children are allotted free annoying passes.

One of the best things about family?

We might go through the annoying-can’t-stand-the-f-ing-sight-of-your-ass phases, but at the end of the day … they are there. They always will be.

Regardless of the bullshit, that doesn’t even really matter anyway … it’s that familial bond that sets the precedence of love and acceptance. Hopefully, that is.