My relationship with my family-manditory 2nd round blog

Well, first off, I am oneof 9 children, so for me to talk in detail about my relationsip with all of them would take forever, so I will highlight alittle about each. First I will give you alittle background on my life. I was born in Georgia but moved to Durham when I was 5. My father was the president of the newspaper here, so growing up, we had money. He passed away when I was 11, leaving my mother with 9 children to raise vertually on her own. I did what I could to help, babysitting my triplet younger brothers for her and giving her comfort when she would cry. I Love my mother to death. I am not exactly a "mamas boy" but I would catch a bullet for her. We are not that close, in terms of my personal disclosure to her, mostly becasue she would probably have a heart attack if she knew 1/2 of the shit I have done. My oldEST sister (note the suffixes) is 30. Me and her were never terribly close, but I totaled her Corvette several years back and ever since then, I feel the need to pay her back when I get rich (I did technically pay her back, but she LOVED that car). I also should have died in that crash. I keep a piece of that car and I hang it up right in front of my bed so that when I wake up, its the first thing that I see to remind me that I am here for a reason. My older brother wants to take the place of my father. Growing up, I absolutely HATED him. I was not your tipical "white boy" and he tried to make me into one, from buying me clothes from Abercombie, to literally pinning me down and forcing me to shave my beard. As I got older however, he accepted me and saw that I was going to be who I was. We are cool as hell now, and I thank him for all of his advice in getting me through college. My olDER sister is a model/actress in NY. I love her, but I just dont see her that often. I told her that when sh finally gets famous, she'll need to bring me along for the ride so we can make it a family thing, lol. I am also close to my youngER sister. Me and her rarely bump heads and we used to go out to the clubs with mutual friends. Recently she has found the lord, and refuses. I will occasionally make fun of her for it becasue I do not believe the same thing she does , but thats another story and I am happy for her. My youngEST sister is a firecracker. I have never had problems with her, but my mother would always tell me that she would skip class, sneak out till 4am on school nights and when she tried to punish her, she would blatently ignore her. I love her, but I hope she straitens out sooner or later. Finally my little brothers. I love those boys to death, but I give them hell. The house is always a mess because of them, so I hve to get on them to clean it. I also have fun with them cuz I have 3 younger brothers who I can "beat up" whenever I want, lol. If you have any younger siblings, you know what I mean. Well Thats my relationship with my family in a nutshell, MTV should make a reality series about my family-THAT would get ratings!

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