It's the way my family is, Fran. No one turns away, when one of us needs help. When I say that's how my family is, I mean my Dad's side of the family. My mother's side was the opposite and we don't keep in touch with them.
Thanks, Bov, a person doesn't have to be blood, to be family. My best friend, who I have known since I was 9 and he was 11, is like a brother to me. He lives in California now, but we still keep in touch.