Family - As Craze as it Gets

Family – the craze people we are biologically and sometimes not biologically related too. We laugh with them, we cry with them, sometimes we stop talking to them not because we don’t love them but because we just need to get some space from them. They meddle in our live, give us unwanted advice and sometimes tell stories that we wish they could have kept to themselves but most importantly we love them.

This week I went to see my aunt and uncle, just to hang - in my defence it was a great idea when I started with it. I got there in a jolly mood because I had not seen them in a long time - now my family is one of those families that if we don’t see each other for a little over two weeks we think that is a long time. So there we were sitting laughing, joking, telling stories, giving advice (wanted and unwanted) but all in all it was good time. Two hours into my visit my elder aunt walks in with my cousins and that’s when things went a little craze.

We started talking about politics, funerals that they went to, things that they have done during the day, week, month or whatever long period. Then the inevitable topic of marriage, men and sex came into focus (in retrospect that’s when I should have walked out). They started off pretty generally – they talked about marriage vaguely, then they went into specifics about their marriages and just when I thought  I’d heard it all they turned around and said: ’Nyeleti, you must be careful when you’re looking for men you must be very careful because  we have seen a lot of things in our time’.

I went into a mild panic because I knew they will start to dish out all sorts of amazing, craze, hilarious stories and advice – whether wanted or not. Some of the things they tell me I think is of great importance and other times its just plain craze. I listen or sometimes pretend to listen but most of the time I just smile, laugh and depending on the craze stories they are dishing out I roll my eyes and try to keep a straight face.

Through everything I want to say that I am blessed. My family is craze, in your face, meddlers but full of love all the time. The nuances of each family dynamic are what make each family unit special and unique. I know not everyone has a family like mine full of aunts and uncles, who love, care advice, annoy but most importantly love.

I am thankful for my craze family they sometimes put me in an awkward, they sometimes over talk things about my not-happening-time-soon marriage, they give unnecessary stories to people who we don’t know but most importantly because let’s face it they are craze. I always make time to complain about them today I thought maybe it’s time for me to say a few meaningful life. Trust me there will come a time where I will dish out the dirt on all the craze things that they say to me but for now I just want to walk in the embrace of the these good times.