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It's Friday and it's hard to believe a whole week has gone by already.

Today I'm in the mood to talk about family.

Family members are people you can't choose. It's as if they arrive on your doorstep with a full suitcase and you feel obliged to let them in.

What's in that suitcase anyway? Well, genes and blood and history.

Families are complicated. There's a lot of unspoken issues under the surface of any family and it's an interesting study in human nature to watch it all play out.

I live with two family members and I share 50 percent of my genes with each of them.

We are very interconnected not just in our daily routines, but also under the skin. I can see myself in both of them and there's something very familiar about them that I don't believe just comes with time together.

Recently, one of them came back from a trip and suddenly my world feels right once again. It was as if, when they were gone, that I wasn't quite complete somehow.

The house is once again filled with all the energy and souls it's supposed to be and I feel whole.

I wish you a great weekend and see you on Monday.