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In Family We Trust

There are often times in a person’s life when he or she is hit with some form of adversity. It could be the loss of a friend or stress at work or school, or even something as simple as losing the big game. It’s in these times when some people think that there is no one around them that can help console them or help bring them back up from rock bottom. However the one thing in this life that makes all those moments goes away just as quickly as they’ve come is family. With family backing a person and empowering them to be a better member of society they learn that nothing is impossible. Families no matter the size are always there to help pick each other up and dust each other off. It is almost expected that brothers and sisters, moms and dads, sons and daughters will always be there for one another and provide a sort of blanket of comfort when things don’t go according to plan.

Families all across time weather big or small have shown how important it is to stick together. For as long as families have been part of society they have been losing loved ones or been stricken with some kind of illness or disease that really brings everyone down. These really are dark times in their days, but when they all stick together and show their resiliency they make it through it no matter what. My family has lost a few members of it and I say that it was the most trying times in our lives. But we didn’t just roll over and lose our minds about it. We stuck together and showed our support for one another and made it through those times. Of course it was difficult but I knew with my family by my side that we would all make it out of the rain clouds and into the sunlight.

We all have good times and bad times but it’s really those good times that make it worthwhile to have a family around you. You’re going for a big promotion, or you have a big date coming up, or something even as simple as doing your homework. Family members will be there to help each other through these times to celebrate with, give advice or even answer a couple questions for you. That’s the great thing about family is they all have lots of knowledge from years of experience. It could be grandpa or grandma with stories of old. Mom or dad with knowledge of the world today, even big brother or sister who had Mr. Johnson last year and know how he makes up his homework. Having family around you to love and support you is what really makes living a life a great thing.

Holidays come and go every year. We gather together with our families to celebrate these holidays. But in retrospect we really aren’t gathering to celebrate said holiday so to speak. Really it’s a celebration of having your family together to see each other and show the love and friendship that is the foundation of your lives together. Now I love Christmas and Thanksgiving just as much as the next person. But it’s what I do during these holidays that I love so much. Gathering with my family and maybe enjoying some football if it’s on or feasting on a ham or turkey and sharing stories of things that may have happened during that year. We all come together around the holidays to share with one another our experiences that we’ve gone through during the year. It’s the time of year to be thankful for those you have around you and in your life.

I find that family is important to me because without family who are we and where would we be? Even though some may not have had the perfect or happy family and yes some may have had a hard or rough life. But it’s because of their family that they are the way they are today. The majority of the time family is the one thing that you can always count on to always have your back. From time to time you’ll hear of families always fighting or messing with each other and I never understand why that’s so. But I can guarantee that if you messed with one of them that you’ll be messing with all of them.

Life, however, doesn’t always bless some with a mother or father, brothers and sisters. We often find a family somewhere else. It could be joining a branch of service, or playing on a sports team, or even the people you work with. Those are looked at as families for many reasons. All of you go through training, playing a game or a busy Saturday night at a restaurant. You all build each other up and pick one another up and dust each other off. In these instances you grow together and you learn to be part of something bigger than yourself. It becomes an unbreakable bond like a family. These people that find solace in these types of families really learn a lot of themselves and the ones around them. They learn that no one is perfect but without this family to build them up, they feel like they will just stumble and fall.

There are often times in life when you want to step away from the normality of everything and go for something big. Something you have been dreaming of since you were a child. A lot of people will look at you and say you are crazy. You will never achieve that which you wish to accomplish. But then there is a voice in your ear that says. “Yes you can. You can do this no matter how hard it is.” That voice is your family. They keep a solid foundation of faith in your future endeavors. My family has been there for me through thick and thin. Through sacrifice, through blood, through sweat, through tears. Never will I let them down, and never will I let them fall. Because with family you can do anything with the right amount of support.

I believe I have been blessed with an incredible family. They have been there in every step of my life thus far. Friends come and go, but family members will always be there no matter what. No matter your relationship with your family, whether it is good or it’s bad. They are still there to support you. Family will always last and defeat the test of time if you believe enough in it. No one should have to wander this lifetime alone. Go out and find a family that will accept you and if you already have one then love them with all you have and never let them go.