User blog comment:UnderAPineapple/Pineapple Talk 4: Family Ties/@comment-28108409-20170813024755

Family is very important to me as well and I come from a very close knit family. I mean we all have our issues but at the end of the day we come together and accept our differences and love one another unconditionally which I love about my family. So by saying that, I would be happy to see anyone from my family (parents, siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, cousins), but the one person that I would absolutely need the most would be my mother.

Words cannot describe how close my mother and I are. Even though I look just like my father, my personality and humor is all my mom. We both love to have a good laugh and we've had some very deep and personal discussions before. I trust my mother wholeheartedly with anything and that's why it would be amazing to have her come out to the island if I were there. All the stress and paranoia of the game and survival will be thrown off my shoulders once I see her because I know there is one person I can tell anything to (plus I'd gossip with her about all the assholes left on the island, and she'd agree with everything xD) She would also give me some advice to help advance my game. She would make me laugh and we'd joke around whilst on the island together. If we competed in a challenge we'd put in our all and we would never give up because that's just how we are. We're not quitters and we don't complain even though we REALLY want to. Sorry for making this so long but I guess this just proves how strong my relationship is with my mother.

Thanks for making this blog post Pineapple! I hope others place their reasoning here as well because I personally love the Loved Ones challenge and I too was very saddened upon hearing the horrible news in Virginia. I think when events like this happen we need to choose love over hatred, but some people just don't understand that :/

Anyways thanks for doing this and I'm happy I was able to share! :)