Mama Firefly VS Esther Walton

My husband was raised on a farm where he lived with his mother, father and Great-grandparents, along with various other people throughout the years. Sometimes it was other family members, farm hands, family friends but usually people who were looking for somewhere to stay for awhile. This could not be father from the way I was raised. At first it was kind of appealing to be on the farm where there was so much going on and so many people around but as time has gone by I know that it is not how I could ever live and keep my sanity intact.

 I probably was born in the wrong century and would probably fit in to the way things once were, but living with extended family would end up being much more like this:

Than this:

I am such a homebody and have no  problem not seeing other people for days on end, I just would not be comfortable or even close to content living with other people let alone extended family. We lived on the  farm for 8 years when we first were married, right after Chris hurt his back, and while I am grateful to have had somewhere to live while we were struggling, those were some of the most chaotic, unstable, drama filled years of my life.

Just because a family is portrayed on TV as wonderful and loving where everyone lives together and gets along doesn't mean it is going to be that way in real life. Living together as extended family needs to be the desire of everyone involved.  Dreams can't be forced on other people when they have dreams of their own.

You can't expect to be Esther Walton when you have more in common with Mama Firefly.