Family
The first time I hear about family was when my mother told me "Hoda, you have to come because we're family and everyone will be there, if you didn't they will ask about you because that's what family do is caring for each other and be with each other".
That was my first lesson about family, I felt I wasn't alone like you have people who will get your back and be there for you every time you need them without being shy about it, it's like we're all one person and in the same time each one of us got his own personality and life, Family became from this time for me something really great like they were my own no.1 people in life and I be really proud of them even if they don't do anything huge.
For the first 10 years of my life I was so close to my family each member of them and for those who were far relatives they also got place in my heart, anyway they still my family though.
At the age of 13 my father passed away despite that it was a shock for me but family were so close for like 3 years then everyone of them life separated everyone of us, every person got his own responsibilities and own priorities in life, that you can blame them or ask them to be free.
I started to think about what really family means, first they have to be people close to you and always be there for each other but the question that really took me years to know about as I am really stubborn person who don't actually convince about anything unless I’m sure about it.
I found out that Family don't need to be from your same blood, they could be an adopted daughter or a best friend or a teacher, and I actually was surprised years later when I heard about families fighting with each other and families don't know each other, a lot of different cases and really awkward.
Of course not everyone is bad of busy you could be really close with your actually family members but not because they are your real family but because you actually ask on each other and care for each other and it is not a routine thing to do it's done by love.
having people in your life who actually ask or care about you is a huge blessing God gave it to you so keep it with all possible ways you could do and never cut any connections between you and another one, you will never know when or where you will need him or he will need you and even if you didn't need each other in any thing be a good person and love every one around you family or not family, as the feeling of loving someone and being good without wanting anything in return will make your life happy just like that, consider it a gift from God for being a Good person.