My Mini Bio

Have you ever wondered how your time in this world is measured? Is it by the amount of friends you have, how long you have stayed in one job, what your career is, if your married, single, have kids, don't have kids, live by yourself or with someone or if you still live with your parents, is it measured by how close you are with your family or is it measured by what you bring to the table.

I am a 35-year-old single woman with no kids and still live with my parents and my three sisters. Now, there are some people out there that think I am useless and worthless and look down at me because of these things. I do not have to defend myself to them, but the truth is those people do not know my family situations. My mum has had three of different types of cancer - two of them were 2 different types of breast cancer and the other was thyroid cancer. She also has a complex blood disorder which if it is not well treated and monitored it could turn into leukaemia. She has had intensive chemotherapy twice and radiation once. She is currently taking a chemotherapy medication tablet for her blood disorder. My dad had a heart attack in 2011 the same year his father and grandmother died. My dad has a heart condition called Atrial Fibrillation which basically means his heart can beat out of rhythm with no warning. So, both my parents are sick and need to be monitored that is why my sisters and I still live with our parents. It has nothing to do with being lazy or not being an adult, we are family and we look after each other. That is what family does.

I am one of four daughters no brothers. I am the second oldest. The oldest is 36 years old then me at 35 years old then second youngest is 32 years old and the youngest is 30 years old. The six of us are a close family but believe me there have been good, bad, dark and light days. We are nowhere perfect and do not try to be. We have over 35 cousins on just my mother’s side of the family and my father’s side I think there is about 20. We have a family filled with people we like, people we do not like and people we wish we did not know. My sisters and I used to no actually I think we still do joke about our mother’s side of the family that we could create a television drama show just based on her family alone. There would be so many twists and turns that would keep people intrigued for at least maybe two or three seasons. But I suppose all families have those moments and those types of people which does not make my family any different to my friends or neighbours.

As all families we have our arguments and fights and then we have those realisation moments where we have over stepped and we apologise. The six of us do not hold grudges towards each other unlike others in the extended families. I would say and yes, I am probably biased when I say this but out of both my parent’s sides of the family the six of us are the pick of the bunch. We are a close-knit family and we there for each other I am more independent then my three sisters. My sisters and parents in my opinion have a con dependency that I do not understand and sometimes I do feel left out. All in all, though we all have many things in common.

So, there are people out there that will judge me for being 35, single and still living with my parents and sisters and to them I say I do not care about what you think I am a strong independent woman and I am comfortable with myself.