My mothers side of the family is for the most part Catholic. My intermediate family are the only ones that actually go to church every week though. The rest of them just say they're Catholic just because that's how they were raised. They don't pray before every meal or before bed or anything but they'll go to church on religious holidays. They are all republicans other than one of my aunts who is a hardcore liberal. Which must be hard for her because the rest of us constantly bash on her beliefs. We are all hardcore conservatives and stand up for our point of views. We're patriotic for the most part which is good, i think. My aunt that is a liberal says she doesn't believe in God but, we all know she does. She likes to pretend to be a bad ass and acts young. Her kids go out with her on the weekends which i find awkward but whatever. I grew up in a Catholic, Republican house and I plan to always keep those views in my future family.
My fathers side is Christian, not Catholic. They believe in God. They don't praise Marry or the saints or the Pope or whatever else. The older I get the more i understand their views and the mosre I agree with them. God wants us to believe in him, not humans that say believe in themselves as well as God. My dads family is also conservative so for once, it's not a struggle for my older sister, Anne, and I. We didn't just keep these views and beliefs because that's all we know, we actually have our own opinions. At first, I only agreed with them because I didn't know better. Now, i've looked into them and understand them. I've given myself a choice, which i encourage all of you to do. I'm very right winged and all for God, but I'm not the type of person who won't be friends with you because you disagree with me. Of course I'd try to bring you to God because that's what he calls us to do. I won't disrespect your beliefs and I expect you to do the same for me in return. I don't usually talk politics with my friends or peers though.
My families are quite split on almost everything so its hard for Anne and I to decide what to do. I don't think our families realize how hard they make it on us. Not even in religion and politics. When we have holidays or vacations. My mother and father don't like to communicate which I can understand how it'd be weird but they need to do something about it eventually. They put it on Anne and I to figure out who we're going to spend our time with. How do you ask your child to pick between two families? To make it even worse, my moms family hates my dads family for no reason so they try to persuade us into staying with them all the time. Now that Anne is gone It's completely up to me to make plans with both families. I try to make it fair but no matter what i do, there will be someone who's unhappy. I've spent this year trying to make both sides happy and see me. When my grandfather was in the hospital with cancer, I started going there everyday after school to spend all the time I could with him. The last couple weeks of his life, he couldn't talk, he could barley open his eyes. Which was heart breaking. My mother soon grew up and decided to come to his funeral and communicate with my father, no matter how badly she didn't want to. It's funny what brings families together. Now, I try to see my dad more often and my grandmother who now has to live alone. Although it's hard trying to do that, school, friends, and spend time with my mom. I'm thankful I still have all of them, though. I'll continue to make plans no matter how hard it gets.
