4). I like my family.

No really. I like my family. Not everyone can say that. My parents were married in June of 1976. They are proof (to me) that it's possible and worth waiting for. This is me and my mom:

We have the same nose. She looks good for 61, don't you think? I hope I look like her when I'm that age.

Never take sides against the family, 'cause it's lonely out there in the rowboat. Even if your wrists and ankles are raw and chafed from your family ties, just remember, without them--well, who are you?

Your family cuts you the most slack and gives you the most chances. When the quiz show host says, "Name something you find in a refrigerator," and you say, "a dictionary," and the rest of America is screaming, "You moron!" at their TV sets, who's clapping and saying, "Good answer! Good answer!"? Your family, that's who.