“Blood is thicker than water” - but is it?

I dunno, I've always been the type to be conflicted, however - this year (2015) has taught me differently.

Without going into too much detail, this year has been one fucking roller-coaster.

Seeing as we’re going into 2016 next week, I was just thinking.

Today is Christmas – “yeah Simran we know”. Christmas isn’t celebrated by everyone but I’m sure everyone can appreciate the festive atmosphere of today which we all love.

Some of us have lost people close to our hearts.

Whether that’s by passing or just life. So days like this can be hard. Despite this we carry on with our day; we open presents, watch Home and Alone, carve Turkey, then later become a turkey, and of course, spend time with our loved ones.

I look back at everything this year and it hurts because I’m sure I felt every emotion you could possibly feel, and I felt it raw. Why? Cause love hurts.

Love requires sacrifice and patience.

That’s what family does for you. I realized this recently and I am so grateful because I wouldn’t be here with my life back in my own control.

Something which is important to me is my friends. Because even though we’re not blood-related we are family.

You may argue with your family every day, sometimes family can be so shit to be honest - they don’t understand the things they should the most and they don’t really know how to be there for you at times. But at the end of the day it makes you reflect when you're lashing out at them because of your own mistakes and they stick by you despite not understanding a single ounce of your pain.

Sometimes all you need is to feel you have people on your side, cause loneliness is a losing game. You always need people by your side, especially in the world we live in.