“The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.”
That’s a saying that most people get wrong, because that saying isn’t used to talk about the importance of family ties, but more so of the strength of friendship.
Me being me, I’m a very sociable person in certain situations. That’s why it isn’t a surprise to many people that I have many squads and different groups of people I hang out with during different occasions. I have acquaintances, friends, close friends, and of course, family.
Family doesn't have to necessarily mean someone who is related to you, but someone whom you consider so close to you and you're so comfortable with that you're not afraid to be yourself and judgement isn't a thing between you guys.
[This group here, the three lil' awkward smol beans beside me, are part of my family. This pic makes us look like a band, woah.]
We held skype call records together (64 hours was the longest and we plan to break that), waited for everyone to get online so we could hear newly released albums and singles from our favorite artists together, cried and laughed together (separately and at the same time), and many other memories that do not remain as just memories and I hope they never will be.
The funny thing about us is that even though we look all happy and free to many outsiders, we've all got our inner demons that we need to fight, trials and tribulations we have to suffer through, and overcome many other personal things as well. But, that doesn't mean we have to go through it alone anymore. Whenever one of us falls down, the others will try our best to help that one person back up. Validation, acceptance, and hope are the three words I could summarize this bunch with.
We all somehow met through a fantastic girl group called Fifth Harmony (and Camila Cabello, never forget), and somehow developed this (hopefully unbreakable) bond. Even though we all live kinda apart from each other (vee living in another state that takes a few hours to reach), it doesn't affect us at all.
Who would've thought that we'd all end up together as a family? We're all a bit broken, a bit not right, and... huh. I guess it isn't such a surprise that we ended up being one, and I'm so hecking grateful for them.
[A cheesy lil something of us doing what couples do.]