You cant choose your family no matter how hard or how bad you want to.  Nobody is perfect, and people will only do what you allow them to do.  So my question to you today is… how much can you take from them?  Family can be such a beautiful thing, but it can also help you lose your sanity.   Because of the love that you have for them, you always find yourself wanting to help these people that you love when they seem to be in need.  You try to make a way out of no way, and try to be there as much as humanly possible.  However, there are those times when their struggle is over and you find your pockets high and dry, you find yourself overwhelmed and exhausted carrying all their problems on your back, and sometimes you just feel mad as hell because of a simple disagreement or misunderstanding.  So…what do you do? (more…)