My family is wealthy. And they have the wealthy mentality ingrained into their heads. I spent my life growing up and living a certain way, a certain lifestyle. It wasn’t just who we were, it was
expected. Do this. Be there. Date the right person. Never get into trouble. Never give the others a reason to talk. Move in the right social circles. Know the right people. Go to the right school. Right, right, right. Never be wrong. I love my family, but I hated my upbringing. And yet, I was a big rock in a little stream. I couldn’t move or make waves. I had to let it just happen around me and go with it. So I did. I went to the right schools. I got the right job.
Then I met someone who was nothing like them. This person was everything that my family would have hated. He made me realize that there is more to life than always being in the right. If you have something you want to do, then do it. If you want to live a certain way, then live it. Life isn’t about the right job, the right anything. Life is more than that. Life is about being right
to yourself. What do you want to do? Who do you want to be? Whatever your passion is, you should follow it. It’s a lesson I wish it hadn’t taken so long to learn.
Now? Now I’m married and never felt better. My sister has even been nicer than the others. I do not know what happened to give her the mental mind switch, but she’s been nice and it startled me. I still have rarely spoken to my parents, but my sister even offered to watch the children while I could take Remy away for his birthday. I bought him some bling and took him to a nude beach. What could be better than that for a birthday?
With the weather being so nice, I got the bike out and I’ve been riding with the wind at my back and sun on my helmet. I hate the winter and I hate having to store my bike. I even took my daughter out for a ride. Granted, we only went about ten miles an hour, but she loved it. She wanted me to go faster. I think we’ll have to wait a few years before we do that. This was only a trip up and down the street. Still, Remy got pictures. I’ve never been so happy to see her smile like that. I have everything I ever wanted. Great family. Great friends. I may get a toothache from sounding this sweet.