I’ve never really watched Netflix before. There I said it. It’s just never been my thing to sit down and watch hours and hours of a show. Well, the jaw-dropping was getting old that I had never seen "Gossip Girl" or this and that, and quite frankly I didn’t have much to do, so I started something. I started "Parenthood," and I won’t make this too sappy, but this show was perfect for me.

Coming from a family girl, I completely attached to this show. You see, this is the most simple show there is, yet it’s exciting, funny, and real. There are four siblings raising their own families with the guidance (that they may or may not need or even want) from their parents. The four kids make it a priority to stay close with whatever life throws at them, and they have fun supporting each other through it all. These Braverman's really had it going on.

While watching "Parenthood," I could not help but think how much I hope my brother and I stay this close and raise our families side by side. I want to go to lunch with him every week after we don’t live in the same house anymore to make fun of mom and dad or complain and laugh about our kids latest episodes. I want to have dinners at my childhood home, just as these families came together weekly for a meal and some comforting smiles. Their life on my laptop screen displayed such relatable content with every situation. It doesn’t always work out, not everyone stays healthy, people lose their jobs- just like in the real world. So many shows give us the wrong idea with the image of a perfect world that simply doesn’t exist.

I finally finished the last episode yesterday with such a bittersweet feeling. First, I was like what the heck am I going to do with my time now? Who will I worry about in my free time? (certainly not characters of a show… who me?) But also thinking about how this show about these character’s lives made me want to live just like them. Not in this movie star world, but in a world with my parents, my brother, and our future families.