Elements Of Empathy In My Family

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I was born in San Francisco on May 13th 1997. Newly awakened, my now conscious body stirred. I looked up, staring into the deep hazel of mothers eyes.
From the day I was born, my loved ones and those close to me have instilled empathy and kindness in my heart. Both emotionally and physically, empathy is more that a quality present in my family today. During the mid 1960s my grandfather Amiram Shamir created art that incorporated elements of kindness, harmony, and, peace. Born and raised in Israel during the 1940’s my grandfather first started painting when he was six. At the age of seventeen My grandfather began constructing works of art using stained glass. Though his stained glass, my grandfather would convey imagery incorporating light

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