I’m so grateful and appreciative for my family. via /r/gratitude

In the last 10-12 years since I've moved away from home, I have drifted from my family slightly. I'm the only one who moved away, and even though they are great at traveling and getting out of our hometown, it's not the same as starting over in a new place with new people and new experiences. I've always kept love for them, but at times when I would go home, there would just be glaring things that stuck out because I had changed. I think in some way each family has a bit of toxic traits. I had learned and grown away from that, but coming home would frustrate me at times because it's hard to go back to that way of thinking or behaving.
Anyways, my grandma is sick. We don't know how much time we have left with her. She has already surpassed what was expected so each day is a blessing. My family has really come together in this time, put the toxic behaviors aside, and just has embraced what time we have left. It was the best Christmas I can remember in recent times. I feel so blessed and grateful that in this hard time we all put any differences aside and chose to love each other. I don't know what the future holds, but I have a new appreciation for all of them and hope that we can stay strong as a family for a long time, no matter where everyone is in the world.