My mom is in her mid-60s and has more energy and is more youthful than any human being I know. It's pretty incredible.
Blood relatives often have nothing to do with family and similarly family...
My mom is in the navy and my dad works for the army but I never called them...
I'd been a wedding singer through college but after a few years of doing my best renditions of jazz standards to clinking glasses and the sound of forks on salad I thought 'Oh God if this is all I do I'll never be able to live with myself.'