I Think Togetherness Is A Important Component To Family Life

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I often pictured my family as this big beautiful bow, and the knot that strongly held it together was my Grandma Sandy and Grandpa Earl. My Grandparents have (spouses included): 14 Children, 29 Grandchildren, and 20 Great Grandchildren. As Barbara Bush said “I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life”. And that 's what my family was together, no matter where you were or what you were doing, it was just known to be together. All very close, everybody supported everybody in anything, It seemed as if there were always a sports thing, dance recital, dinner at their house every night (mondays were little caesars pizza night), or we were having some type of family gathering, from holidays‒ (Halloween in particular was the …show more content…

I always remember her feeding herself last, making sure everyone was taken care of . . . cheese sandwiches were always made for us when we got out of school and waiting on the table . . . I do believe that I had the world 's best grandma.” -Jennifer Anthony Dial. Growing up about 14 cousins and I spent most of our days at their house, practically living there, playing outside. The endless amount of yard there was‒or it felt like they had; riding four wheelers, snowmobiles and trying to build so many treehouses but we never did finish one so forts in the tv room were always …show more content…

The once close knit family there once was‒ that did everything together, isn 't all that close anymore. Many moved away, others dis-involved themselves from the family, some got divorced, as for my Grandpa Earl‒ he remarried. Even with the trials of cancer and death it brought my family close, only making us stronger. “Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us.”- Orison Swett Marden. My family could of been angry at cancer for forever, but it would of gotten us nowhere, she 's definitely in a better place now and not suffering anymore. Physically she left us on that day, but spiritually she’ll be with us for a

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