What does family mean to me? Well it entirely depends on the context of the word.
When people ask about my family, I know they are talking about my parents and my sister. Sometimes that family can be wider to include my Grandmother, but by and large it is static.
When I think of my family I think of the same.
When I think of the family I want, that is when my view changes.
The family I want looks something like this.
Me
My Partner
Children
Not so different to the one I grew up with, but with a few differences. My Partner is also male. And the family is not based on marriage, but on a Civil Partnership.
This family is as loving as the one I grew up in. It is as nurturing and inspiring as the one I grew up in.
Why can’t I have a family like that?”
– Stephen Spillane, Cork
