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Brothers & Sisters

Friday, August 01, 2008

Brothers & Sisters has got me hooked. I guess its main draw for me is how the show would close with me finding a renewed faith in family ties and how it moulds us into stronger people.

After the past 31 hours or so with my eyes glued to the computer screen, I'm convinced that it has successfully made life realistic for us normal humans who don't share that fairy tale ending or that dramatic departure through some vindictive traitor who sets a bomb on you or plots your agonizing death.

As members of the family, we see the brother with the addiction, the sister with the failed marriage, the brother who's cheating on his wife, the sister who can't let herself be loved, the brother who has issues with his sexuality, the mother whose husband cheated on her for 20 years and the father who embezzled money and died.

I'm just awestruck by how the creators, producers, cast and the whole shezang (a little help here, Addi) tell the stories of our lives in this show. And so ever accurately told because it's founded at a place where we are our worst selves -- the home.

I saw myself in these different actors in the various stages of my life. I saw myself in Paige when she thought God wasn't listening to her prayers and asked her mom whether she was bad that's why she got diabetes. I saw myself in Kitty when she broke up with her boyfriend because she felt she didn't know herself well enough to commit to him. I saw myself in Sarah when I felt I had to carry the weight of the world on my shoulders. I saw myself in Kevin who was afraid to show who he really was because he feared judgement and I saw myself in Tommy when I just wanted to give up on the ones that I loved because it was just too hard to love.

I do have a good family and I'm really grateful and fortunate to have the relationship that I have with every single member that makes up this humble unit of four. Though we do have our disagreements, squabbles and our fair share of drama, I think we wouldn't have gotten through any of it if my parents didn't believe in God's brand of love. Why, I don't think I would have gotten through coming to terms with my diabetes if Mom hadn't cradled me at the hospital bed and told me to have faith. Or learned Dad's joyful tolerance for jokes that were on him. Nor would I learn to open up to Joel about life and love.

The thing about every episode of Brothers & Sisters is that it ends up with either a reconciliation, a sorting out of differences or a celebration of family. Though there's probably an endless number of issues and impossible for every single member of the family to be fully content and satisfied with their lives all at the same time, they always go back to what's important.
The love of the family.

There are so many adjectives we could use here like support, comfort, understanding, solace, etc. But these adjectives are rooted in love. And that's where God planted love first. In the family.

May you love your family today. :)

Rachel wrote in the pages of her life at 4:40 AM

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