Family Isn't Always Blood Novels & Stories

Lyra hugged tightly, tears dripping from her eyes, These people didn't know her, but they took her in. Family isn't about blood, but is about those you are ready to hold you, support you, encourage you, and be there when you need them.

I tried talking to my husband about it but he carefully ended the discussion. “Baby, just forget about those people. They are not my family and will never be," he said last night when I was speaking with him about making peace with his brothers. “Honey, they are your family. They are your blood. No matter how you try to deny it, they will always be your family because blood is thicker than water. I wish that I have brothers like you do. I will make sure to be at peace with them. My parents only gave birth to me and I don't have any cousins, I don't even know my other relatives because my parents never talked about them to me. I was sad. I don't want our children to feel the same in the futur

"You can't protect everyone...You've already gone through so much." "I know," she closed her eyes, exhaled a deep breath, and then opened them again, completely fixated on me. "But together. We look out for one another. That's what family does, does it not?" "Yes," I said with a shallow breath. Realizing that what she had said was true. We were a family, no matter what was between us. It didn't matter about the blood. "We are. We are bound by something greater than Blood." "Blood or not," She smiled, finally stretching, and getting back to what she considered normal if she even thought of herself as normal now. "We're all in this. Together."

"Kevin Morrison said his dad says you're crazy. That you're trying to steal me from my real family." The words hit like a physical blow. "Sam—" "Are you? Trying to steal me?" "No. I'm trying to keep you safe." "But Dad's my real family. Even if he's mean sometimes." Thomas leans forward. "Sam, can I tell you something?" Sam nods reluctantly. "Family isn't always about blood. Sometimes the people who love you most aren't related to you at all. And sometimes the people who are related to you... well, sometimes they're not good at showing love."

Chloe tried to interject, but Annabelle’s voice had grown stronger. “You think I can’t see it? You only came because you have no one else! And you dare to stand there and call yourself my family? Did you hear what my father said earlier?” Annabelle’s small hands balled into fists at her sides. “He said family isn’t about blood, family is the people who love you, who stand by you, who protect you. That’s them,” she said, pointing back at me and Ethan, and to our parents. “They’re my family, not you, never you.”

"He will never hurt you. Mommy is here to protect you. You have your aunts and uncle to protect you. Always. Okay?" "And Don?" I shiver at his name coming from my son's mouth. "Don is as big as a gorilla but soft like a puppy. He can protect us." "We shouldn't involve someone who isn't our family." "But Tita Thea and Tita Effie are dating his brothers. So that counts as family." "Yes, but they are not blood." "So, having a family doesn't have to be blood. Families are created with or without blood." I eye him in amusement. I know my son is bright, but I never hear such wise words from him. "Where did you hear this from?"

she smiled," I know you doubt it sometimes but it didn't take any of us having to share the same blood with you to know that." And deep down I knew that those words would never leave me, even if I tried. I'd never forget that it takes a lot more than blood for people to call each other . . . family.

I ranted. He chuckled darkly. "Sometimes blood is not always thicker than water and family will cross you quicker than strangers would." I could not argue with him on this. He was right. Mother left me even though I was her blood. Mother crossed me so bad. But he did not know that. His argument was against Grandma, I had to defend her. "'Never forget the ones who helped you in your difficult times. They would always be your family,'" I quoted again. But he was not ready to back down. "Family is not defined by genes. It is built and maintained by love. The opposite of love is hate and your grandma's propaganda is hate."

His eyes landed gently on Damon and me, offering a quiet nod, a warm acknowledgment. “No matter how this war ends, no matter the outcome,” he continued firmly, “I want you all to know that we are family. Not because of blood alone, but because we've chosen to stand by each other. We fight together, we protect each other, and we always will. Sometimes blood does not necessarily make you family, it is the situations that you live in with the people that you choose to be around. It is the love that you hold for another person. It is the appreciation and the respect. That is what makes you family.”

“Like i said earlier, he is your husband that makes him our dad,” “You don't have his DNA, biologically speaking, he isn't even your family” “Families are not limited to blood or DNA anymore, from what I know they are the worst,” Andrea said. “ Your families were the first to betray you, that's why we are back - to get back at them.” Luci added. “Blood isn't always thicker than water,” Claire said, making a turn. “Aunt Luci and Aunt Claire have been there since forever and you always said that they were more than family to you,” Andrew said and Sapphire groaned.