Family
When I think of
family the thing that comes to mind is how important they are to us. They will
always be there when you need them and will stick by you through thick and
thin. They comfort and encourage you. They give you advice, build you up when
you’re down and hope the best for you. Most importantly, they love you
unconditionally and never give up on you. This is my family; they were all
these things for me. Even when I screwed up and let them down over and over
again they never gave up on me. Being raised by my grandparents because my
parents weren’t in our lives, they tried to give me and my little brother a
sense of normalcy as best they could. They were very much involved in our
lives. They made sure we were involved in sports. My grandpa was my baseball
coach and my grandmother was our team mother. I have very fond memories of
those times from going with my grandpa to buy me a new baseball glove and
uniforms to eating from the snack bar and celebrate winning a game by going out
to eat pizza. My grandparents were and still are the best.
I’m so thankful
for my family. My wife and I feel truly blessed that our children and our
family are close. My son and my daughter have been close from the beginning. My
daughter was three years old when her brother was born and it seems from the
moment we brought him home she became very protective of him. We always used to
say “She thinks she’s his mother”. It was so cute.
On the
other extreme, sadly to say, there are the dysfunctional families that aren’t
very close at all. You could see the jealousy that they have toward each other.
Brothers and sisters try to out-do one another. They don’t offer each other
help because they’d rather see them fail or not do better than themselves. They
spread gossip and rumors about each other. It seems like the sibling rivalry
has got the best of them. It’s sad because their children might learn to behave
in the same way.
If I
could give any advice on family I would say be grateful for the family you
have. Uplift one another and always hope the best for them, they are a part of
you and you are a part of them.
