Family IS Important!

   I have always known that family is one of the most important thing in a persons life. It is important from the day you are born. You have to depend on your family to be there whenever you need them. And you must also overcome many obstacles with them. There will be times when you think your family is against you or when they actually understand you. You will have differences and many arguments, but if we didn't have this then how could we expect to grow as people. Even though you won't get along with everyone in your family very well, you must learn how to accept them for who they are.

  Having a family that is strict may actually be a good thing, you can learn respect, manners, and independancy. Some people usually dont have many of these things, and lack someone to talk to. But if you have a family you should always be gratefull for what you have, and not for what you wish you had. It is amazing how many things you can learn from everyone in your family. I learned how to be strong in many situations, how to be able to speak up whenever I had to, and how to be responsible for my own actions, so that I wouldn't have to blame anyone for my own mistakes.

  Every individual in my family is different and special in their own way. There might be a little competition in between siblings, but it's a normal thing that happens in a family. Someone is always going to want to be the best in the family, but I learned not to let it bother me. For example; sometimes my big brother try's to compete with me in some ways, but I don't let it bother me and he sometimes feels bitter about it, and it's kind of funny. I also have two younger brothers that I make sure I push them to doing the best they can in school. My sister has always been the one that I could conversate with because we have similar thinking, and everyone had always thought we looked like twins. My mother and my dad are very different, and even though they are not the most affectionate parents in the world; they have plenty of ways for showing their love. Even though they are divorced they are both still here, and they are both fun in different ways.

  I am very fortunate to have a family that I can talk to, have fun with, and feel welcomed. Yes conflics will arise, and you will have to learn how to handle them as adults, but don't be discouraged. You should know how to avoid problems, and how to be willing to tell your siblings what they are doing wrong; the truth will always hurt, but it's better that you tell them before they get hurt. Overall I think that life starts and ends with family, no matter if it's you and your siblings, you and people who care about you, or you and the person you love. It all comes to one conclusion, "Family".