After a lot of thought, this is what I decided upon: love defines a family.  It’s cliched, it’s simple, but it’s the truth for me.  For most of my life, I’ve considered family to be a relationship defined by DNA.  But what I’ve learned, through the support and devotion of some incredible friends, is that friendship can cross the line from just friends to be truly and thoroughly family.

The people in this picture are my family – my second family – and I adore them.