Collateral Damage: A Toast to my Family

Family. How do we define family? At one point in my life I thought my definition would never cease but as I get older I realize that it is ever evolving. Today is my niece's 18th birthday and I believe it's her father's 46th. I don't know my niece anymore but I love the little girl I used to know. Time changes people, sometimes for the better and sometimes not. Sociologist constantly argue nature versus nurture. At what age does the good nature we're born with get changed by those who have invited us into this life and nurture us with their intentions. Are we able to give only the good in us? Actions sometime speak without obvious intention.