Reality

Another great Oprah quote from that podcast was “There are separate realities in every family.”

Honestly, it’s true. Every family is like a bunch of people watching the same movie but somehow seeing completely different plots. One person remembers it as a charming little comedy, someone else swears it was a horror film, and another thinks it was just a long, boring documentary about everyone disappointing each other.

What feels “normal” to one person might’ve been painful to someone else. What one sibling shrugs off as “no big deal” might be the exact thing that shaped who you became. Families don’t share one reality — they share a bunch of overlapping stories, each tinted by personality, wounds, timing, and who happened to be paying attention.

And sometimes those stories will never line up. The important thing is recognizing which one belongs to you… and honoring it, even if no one else remembers it the same way.