Canis Lupus Familia

I think of the people in my life as a sort of pack. Like a wolf pack. Actually, two of them. There is my pack of origin. This pack consists of my parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, extended cousins, the whole shebang. 

Then there is my personal pack. These are the people who, over the years, I have found to surround myself with. Within this pack are many variations of closeness. The closest I consider like my "littermates." They are the core group of people in whom I place the most trust and consider close enough to be siblings.

As the count stands now, there are two "brothers" and three "sisters" the closest of which is my best friend who I call my twin, even though she is exactly 367 days older than me.