When I was younger, I used to believe the phrase that "blood was thicker than water". This was implying that those in a family should remain loyal to one another without betrayal. Yet as I grew, I realized more and more that myself, my siblings, and our parents and were merely humans, and we were incapable of holding true to such grandiose allegience. We still loved one another, but everyone, including me, had their own personal agendas and motives to attend to.

So in my teen years, I turned ...