Found Family Finds Family.

Found family has always been a construct of love that I deeply embraces. [See: Festival of Feels.]

My friends, for the good bit of my life have been my family more than my actual family, and so I as grew older I began to hold tightly to my friendships as one would do to their family.

Hanna Hart Refers to this as "found Family" and I must say I love the absolute life out of my Found family.

What I did not anticipate, however was the family that was found, after being lost, for many years.

My family that became my friends.

[There is no reason this picture is blurry except that it is so. Praise Logic.

My Cousins Ivey & Courtney came back into my life as friends like a hurricane, They never really left, but at the same time were never really there. at no ones fault, life is just weird that way. Yet upon their return they have taught me profound lessons of love, friendship and most of all what traditional, genetic family can truly be.

[.I could not find any pics of us. i know there out there. I think you have them all & your out of the country & my life mission has been to BECOME Akua... so ya know. Praise Logic.]

From the laughs, to my drunken feminism rants, to other drunken antics, to the road trips, to the art shared, inspired and explored, to the extremely petty arguments about nothing rooted in nothing that only family can produce, but don't leave me with the lingering fear that the friendship is over and most importantly the profound and intimate conversation about love, life and spirituality.

We are here, together, bonded my love and also DNA(oh boy that DNA) but mostly love.

I am me, because of you.

I am grateful that I have found family, but I am even more grateful that I have found M Y family.

Oh Dear Gandhi, that was so corny.

Love ya kiddos.