...Family and Friends Brenton Lumsden 11/30/2014 John Lutzyk ENGL 062 | I can’t live without a family and can’t really succeed without any friends by my side. What makes family and friends so special in our lives and what is the purpose of them? Parents also help me with my personality so that way I won’t become a terrible person. Family and friends play a big important role in people’s lives. First, nobody can deny the fact we can’t live without family and friends. I never realize how momentous a home is when I was a little boy, but when I became mature and had an indecent mind, I suddenly realize that family means everything to me. Having friends and family made me the person I am today. For example, if nobody in the world wanted to help me out then that means I would be all alone and nobody would want to be around me. Family and friends are those who help me throughout my life and care deeply for me. Second, I can always count on the members of my family. My family has been there for me ever since the day I was born and they will never leave my side no matter what. They have helped me with my problems and if I need any help I can go to my family and also my friends that I can trust. For example, when I was little they taught me the value of love, gratitude, truthfulness and self-confidence. No matter how bad things get I’m going to encounter problems in my life, but my family will always be there for me and they will stand by my side...
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...My violin Many people have religion, beliefs, and their morals that keep them going, but the thing that keeps me going is my family. One reason my family is what I live for is because I have known them my whole life and I haven't died yet so I trust them to take care of me. Another reason is that family is family and if you have it then you just know how much they mean to you and if you lose it you lose yourself. This is why family is very important to me and I'm sure a lot of other people. The reason I would choose my family over all other beliefs is because I know it's real and that they are actually there for me. I do believe in God but it's sometimes hard to believe in something that's not right by you. The reason why I choose family over God is because I know that my family will be there for me even when I'm in a bad place. I have more hope in my family than in God just because it's the...
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...What is Family? When most people hear the word family, mother, father, children, and relatives immediately come to mind. This is how a family would be defined, but the word "family" can also be alive, in action. Family can also be related by blood, and also can be an acting part of family because they're united. The word family may have a different meaning to all of us. To me, it is those around me who love and support me and will always stand by my side. My friends are who make up most of my family. They have been there for me through thick and thin and would not trade any of them for the world. I have formed bonds with them that will last a lifetime. I know I can call any of them up and they will be there at a drop of a hat. For example, I needed help cleaning my garage out last summer and they all volunteered to help. So in return for their helping hands we grilled out that night and I provided all food and beverages. Although my friends are not related to me by blood, they are still considered very much so a part of my family. Almost every aspect of our lives involves the term family. Even in some religions they are considered a "family" of believers. One person unites our country as a "family" whom we all look towards for guidance. While these examples might be accepted by society today, it only describes family in broad terms. Family love is much deeper than all of that and is the love you share with friends and relatives. Every...
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...Stephany Flores Marriage & Family Paper #1 My Family in a Nutshell Family Structure I grew up in a nuclear family. The definition of a nuclear family is one that consists of a father, a mother, and their children. Although there are several variations of this specific type of family, the one I was raised in has nothing out of the ordinary. The major characteristic of my family is the monogamous relationship between my mother and father. They are married and live together under the same roof along with me and my two younger full-blood siblings. Both my parents are solely responsible for running and supporting the household. In my opinion, this is the best sort of arrangement. My parents work to provide financial stability for our household, creating a larger cash flow to supply the basic family needs of housing, food and healthcare. With this, they are also able to provide extracurricular opportunities for my siblings and I. My nuclear family has definitely established a stronger bond since we do often work together and rely on one another to overcome challenges. We support each other emotionally and do most of what would be considered traditional. For example, we eat dinner together on a regular basis, go to church and take family vacations, which further strengthen our relationships with one another and build a solid foundation for my future life goals. We have, over time, developed like-minded thinking and therefore have less quarrels which definitely lead to fewer...
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...Love Inside My Belly “Is this the second line?” My friend asked me. I was happy with what I had seen in the test, which said: “not pregnant.” After she asked me, I looked closely again, and I saw a faint line appear which meant I might have a baby. My brain was filled with the thought: “What am I going to do? What about my parents? What are they going to think?” I was so scared to think about it. I was a good girl who had a job at school and studied hard; I was too young to be a mom and did not know how to take care of a baby. After this day, however, everything in my life changed, and I became a mom. Before I had my baby, I was a girl who always thought that the world was all pink....
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...From my perspective of life, I can say there are several things that makes me unique. Every step I take in my life, and each moment that goes by makes me unique. It’s fair to say, everything that happens either it is good or bad, is a learning lesson to make me stronger. In fact, there are other things in my life that give me the strength to go on such as my family, my church life, music, electronics, and most of all my grandmother in her absence. In fact, each day that passes by and I examine my symbols, they allow me to love myself even more and building in me the confidence that I need to conquer the day. To begin with, the most important thing to me is my family. The symbol of a family starts off with the connection that a family brings....
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...My Marriage – Marriage; I will say is a union between two people, this union creates a family tie and carries legal and social rights and responsibilities. I got married on the 18th of June 2011, almost three years into it and we have been blessed with a son already. I love my family and I am proud of myself, my wife and my son. I believe that marriage is the best thing that happened to me so far in my life and I want to share a few things about it in this piece. I entered into marriage because I love my partner (now my wife); the process of getting married is a long one that starts with the individuals (in this case my wife and myself) and latter expands to include the immediate families of both individuals and links extended families from both sides. The nuclear family is the unit of society and it is through marriage that nuclear family is born. My marriage was conducted in accordance with the customary laws of Ghana and as such was an eye opener and a great learning point; I picked up so many lessons in the run up to the marriage, during counseling and both traditional and church ceremonies. First of all I had to find a woman of the right age with desired qualities who is ready and willing to be my wife. Women who are marriage material look out for focused men with whom they can build a strong future; it is not easy to convince a woman to buy into a marriage proposal. Women are more careful and detailed when thinking about their future and tend to opt for less risky options...
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...My Family Have you ever influenced by some important people that helped you be the person that you are today? I have. The people that have had influence on me are the most important people, my family. But before I begin talking about my family, I want to show to you the place that me and my family spend most of the time together which also means something important to me and my family. This place is called the family room. This room is small but beautiful. It is painted in white and has three windows decorated with beautiful curtains. By the windows you can see a nice view of some beautiful trees and a nice park across street. On the walls there are family photos like the ones that show where my brother and I were born. The other one is my graduation photo. Some family member photos like my grandparents, and some paintings made by my brother. So this is our room, which is very important to us and has a lot of special things, but the most special part of this room is when it brings my family together. I could begin the story of my life with a picture of my parents. They are important because they helped in my development. Also, my parents gave me the things that I needed to grow up in the moment that I needed and they still gave me everything that I needed to become someone important in the future. Beside these things is the education that I have gained all in my life. My basic needs like food, clothes, medicine, a place to live, and the most important thing...
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...home and earn their independent. I was 18 years old when many important events happened during my three year period.I am the oldest child and my brother is the youngest child. My mother I was born in Houston, Texas in the quiet black neighborhood. I am a Deaf and Black woman. I was a senior at Cypress Ridge High School and graduated at 18. I also graduated at Gallaudet University at 25. and I am really passionate to empower Deaf people of color who are experiencing employment discrimination because of our disability. This paper helps me to anylanize about my three year period and how my class, disability, family, religion and sexuality orientation influenced on my development during my middle childhood. The reason why I am choosing my middle childhood year is because of many important events that happened to me during my three year period so it is really an important stage in individual development. This essay comes with my background information about my family and important events that happened to me and influenced my middle childhood years. Individual Development Stage When I was 18 years old, I applied for Houston Community College. Vocational Rehabilitation counselor (VRC) contacted me immediately when they found out that I was Deaf. VRC serves and supports the people with disability to go to work or school and they were qualified if their incomes or their families' incomes were not higher than $25,000 after the people with disability graduated from high school...
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...On June 1st 1999 I was born to two lovely parents in Maryland and couple years later I had a brother. My parents were both born and raised in Pakistan which meant that they had grown up with a completely different culture than the culture in America. My family has played a major role in who I am today. They have passed on many of the same values that they shared on to me. To me religion, family, culture and education are the most important aspects of life and have greatly influenced my upbringing. My dad who’s a businessman has taught me to become hardworking and to always happy and my mom who’s a housewife has taught me how important family is. Having a younger brother has constantly encouraged me to become my best so he could have a good...
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...have encountered in my life, I would classify them as supportive and the most important people in my life are my family. My family has been supportive of me since birth. As a child I was raised by a single mother along with my older brother and my two older sisters. Although things were difficult at times, my family always cared for me and consistently supported me as I grew older and developed in life. My family has supported me throughout my years of school and studies. They have always encouraged me to do the best I can and to always put as much effort into something as I can. There is no doubt in my mind that my family has always wanted me to succeed, though when I did fail, my family listened to me, took the time to understand how I felt, and then just encouraged me to pick myself back up and to try again. Growing up as the youngest, I was surrounded with support and encouragement from my older siblings. My older sisters spent quality time with me and always swore to protect me. My mother fed and cared for me. She taught me self-respect, self-discipline, and understanding the consequences of my actions while still showing me love every day. My older brother respected me, taught me to drive, and explained to me how to know when a guy was treating me right. My cousins are some of my best friends and have usually encouraged me to do the right thing and always supported me when I needed help. The most important category of people in my life are my family. They have supported...
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...Values those are most important to me. Values are something that is important in life. Values can’t be exchanged in any way or form. Everyone has something that they value and of course that includes me as well. A value is something that a specific person or groups respects and affectively regards it as something important in their life. An example would be my values, I, personally, have many values. Some of my most important values consist of my family, my ethnicity and my memories. Something that I value the most would be my family. Family means a lot for me because no matter what happens, my family would always be there for me. Life would be really different if I didn’t have the family that I have now. In my family, I am taught that no matter what difficulties I have to face, my family would always be there and support me. They taught me many things about life that I would take with me for the rest of my life. No matter how many good friends you have, they will never be there for you forever, but family will always be there for you. Not everyone has a perfect family; therefore, I must appreciate what I have now because not everyone is as lucky as me to have a family that cares for each other through out all the different circumstances. Another very important value of mine would be my ethnicity. Ethnicity is very important for it describes me. Due to the fact that I am born Asian American, I was brought up to what I am today. It is very stereotypical where people...
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...we learn it, and the rules for living with others. My family and I are Peruvian. That would make me Hispanic in the United States. My origins are straight from Peru. I came to the United States when I was 12 years old, so my beliefs and traditions haven’t changed from when I was still in Peru. There are rules that are transmitted from one generation to the next and are often adapted to the times and locations, and these rules are absorbed by children as we develop and learn about home country traditions, customs and beliefs. These customs will still follow us throughout your life. Although a person can be broken down into one specific race, it does not speak for what and who we really are. We are a lot more than that. What really influences who we are would seem to be culture. The things we grow up around, the people who are around us, the country we live in are some of the things that are going to influence who we are. My family and culture has influenced my thoughts, behaviors, feelings, and overall worldview in a unique form. When I was born, I was not born with a set of values and expectations, so I learned them from my parents or adults who raise me. I learned not only through these adults teaching me, I learned by examples and by observing. I find it hard to list all the values and beliefs deemed important by my culture and I, but there are a few predominant ones which I think overshadow the rest. I believe that family is one, if not the most important, of said values...
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...Values those are most important to me. Values are something that is important in life. Values can’t be exchanged in any way or form. Everyone has something that they value and of course that includes me as well. A value is something that a specific person or groups respects and affectively regards it as something important in their life. An example would be my values, I, personally, have many values. Some of my most important values consist of my family, my ethnicity and my memories. Something that I value the most would be my family. Family means a lot for me because no matter what happens, my family would always be there for me. Life would be really different if I didn’t have the family that I have now. In my family, I am taught that no matter what difficulties I have to face, my family would always be there and support me. They taught me many things about life that I would take with me for the rest of my life. No matter how many good friends you have, they will never be there for you forever, but family will always be there for you. Not everyone has a perfect family; therefore, I must appreciate what I have now because not everyone is as lucky as me to have a family that cares for each other through out all the different circumstances. Another very important value of mine would be my ethnicity. Ethnicity is very important for it describes me. Due to the fact that I am born Asian American, I was brought up to what I am today. It is very stereotypical where people...
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...Important Thing In My Life When I need someone to laugh and have fun with — someone to learn from; or just someone to talk to — I have my whole family with me to do so. I know that my mom, my dad, my sister, and my brother will always be there for me when I need someone to be with when I’m not feeling like myself — and I know they will be patient and try to empathize with what I might be feeling. I believe that family is the most important thing in one’s life. My brother helps me to have fun, my sister listens to what I have to say, my mom teaches me to be patient, and my dad tells me to be curious and open-minded. I take in all of this and think how lucky I am. My dad always tells my brother, my sister, and me that family is most important, and that family should always come first before others. His belief influenced me greatly. What he says makes me stop and think. My dad and my mom have family overseas, hundreds and hundreds of miles away in Cambodia. My dad has been without his biological mother and siblings for about thirty-four years, since the separation during when the Khmer Rouge was taking over Cambodia from 1975-1979. In 2004, we all went to Cambodia to visit the rest of my family, who I barely knew. I try to empathize with what it would be like without my little brother, my sister, and my parents, but all the same, it was very hard to imagine. This experience of taking a moment to empathize with what it would be like in some else’s shoes, made me look at my life differently...
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