How would you describe your family? Are you tight-knit to the extent of meeting regularly or do you only meet after years when there's a funeral? Families are different and each family is unique.
Some families live close together and meet during all main holidays from New Year to Thanksgiving. They also check on one another with regular phone calls and keep up with each other on social media.
It's not rare to find cousins or siblings who are not only family but also best friends by choice. The tight bonds they share by blood extend to emotional bonds of friendship.
However, not all families are that close. Some families are dysfunctional and if yours is, it's not your fault. You may wish your family was close just like other families are.
Maybe you had a troubled childhood with toxic parents who were never there for you. The way you are raised plays a great role in who you grow up to be. Most dysfunctional homes will affect the mental and emotional health of the child.
Children from such homes grow up differently from children in loving families where everything is shared and love runs deep. Sometimes parents do hurt their children without intending to.
They may not know how to love their children right or discipline them appropriately. Most times the way they raise their children seems right in their eyes even when the outside world views it as wrong.
No matter how dysfunctional your family is, you can always choose to be better as an individual. You don't need to keep living your life carrying that hurt and blaming the person you are today for the past you had.
You can choose to grow from that and vow to have a better family of your own. Here are family quotes that are inspiring, encouraging, and motivating!






































![Dom: Are you pushing imports on him? Brian: [waving Jack's hand at Toretto] Daddy's not pushing anything, Uncle Dom. Dom: He may be an O'Conner... but he's also a Toretto.](/_img/width=300,height=300,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/12972.jpg)





















































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