Friends Become Our Chosen Family

I was working on a friendship bracelet today and noticed this sticker on the clipboard I attach my bracelet to. 

This is huge to me right now. I'm in very little contact with my family, by choice, and it has been the BEST thing for me! I love my family, but it got old hearing about how the movies I like are terrible, how the music I like is awful, why don't I ever do this like I used to, why am I making that decision in my life. I'm sure a lot of you can relate! The lovely thing about getting older is that yes, our blood relatives are still special, but our REAL families we create. My besties, my sobriety girls, my church friends, my volunteer mates, even my ex-husband, all my family. I now choose who gets close access to me! This is the gift we all get in life! 

Who is in your family?