Family

pohutukawa New Zealand Christmas Tree

It's almost Christmas, I can hardly believe it! I have a sunburn like no other, I hope it doesn't bubble. Been putting on sunscreen, 70 spf, but I must have missed a spot. Oops : S

I'm homesick, so very homesick. I was telling stories about my crazy family... how I use to antagonize my little sister into soing things I know I'd get in trouble for.... about how my brother taught himself to drive when he was nearly four, and how my mom is an artist who spent her summers in a tipi.

I'd tell about my grandmother running naked amongst her genetically re-designed fruit trees, and how she lived in a camper called the "Cave Man". She would stay either there or in Pergatory, a garden shed, where she would fight for a bed between a lawn mower and shovels.

I've come to see what an extrodinary family I actually come from... far from normal at least. My grandfather was a clown who performed acts with balloon animals and a poodle. I hear he was once a salesman who did quite well, and later on became more of a philosopher. He would tell me unbelieveable stories, and once turned a useless tumbleweed into a christmas joy- the Gillam Family Christmas tree. That weed later became like a family heir-loom that reminds us that there is meaning and importance for everything in life.

We all know my father must be a little nuts, he now has 10 kids! He's already a grandfather, and his youngest is 4... By the way, I'm the oldest at 21... Chaos?

That's just the beginning....

Amongst it all, I've come to see that each of my family members are astrangely unique and have a bizzare tale of their own.

I like to tell people that I am a white sheep in a black family... For so long I've fought to prove that I am normal, mostly to myself. But I've come to find, it's not fun being normal. What story is there to tell?

I love my family dearly, and miss them terribly. Each and every one!

Merry Christmas to you all, I miss you!

-Capri

a deep given