Embrace Your Culture.

Tonight, my brother invited his gf to visit and our fam is unusual in a fun-loving way. So we're being us and goofin' off, throw in spanish inappropriateness, and a comment about gas and u have a few minutes with us. I hear my mom APOLOGIZE to his gf and adds that, "that's how we are."

I didn't think it affected me until I laid down and said, damn am I bout to write about this tonight? I think this is my 7th post today or somethin'. Anywho.

She shouldn't have apologized [insert "yelling" AOL smiley here]!

If you're a certain way, and always been that way, you're not willing to change because you're happy with yourself, why apologize? It's not like you mean it, cuz the second after ur still you. I could understand if she apologized for a certain remark she said but she included "us." And I don't apologize for me. Or how I am. I think before I speak. There are times I evaluate myself from time to time and dedicate to change spiritually. It's all about growth. But there's a certain way one is. That u can't escape. No matter what job you have, what class you're a part of, how much money you make. It's your culture. It's your lifestyle. The way you speak. The things you choose to speak about. How you live your life by the interactions made with others. I understand someone that curses and wants to avoid that. But a sense of humor that is practiced daily, then an "outsider" comes, and all of a sudden we should be proper. Get out of here. Be real. Be you. Embrace. No shame.

I will teach Andrew about his cultures. He will be educated and with all the options available he will decide how to be. It will be the right choice and I hope he doesn't ever feel the need to apologize for how he is. He will also learn that everyone won't be pleased and his duty isn't to please everyone. People will either accept him or keep it movin'.