My Family Essay

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…

My extended paternal family gathers together at Chinese New Year Eve for a reunion dinner, usually in a restaurant close to the home of the most senior family member, my eldest aunt. My family greets each other with New Year’s greetings and blessings. Then red packets is given out by the married couples to the unmarried relatives, they are often given out by the aunts present; uncles would take over that role in the absence of their wife. Red packets could be given out by unmarried middle aged…

Impact on My Immediate Family My mother’s drinking, without a doubt, has impacted my siblings and I to be the people we are today. Not only morally, but also mentally and physically, we are more than aware that we have to be careful and responsible with alcohol. We have all handled my mother’s alcoholism differently, but from many conversations with my siblings, I conclude that I was personally impacted the most. While interviewing my mother, we discussed what the impact of her parents’…

Spending days at home with just my babies and my husband was the most amazing thing. We had such an amazing time, we did this for 2 weeks. After two weeks Ryan needed to head back to work and I needed to start back up at school. I decided to finish school online so I could stay home with my babies. A couple of months later, Ryan came home with some news. He was being transferred to Indianapolis police department. So our next step in life was to find a house to live in, in Indy! This was hard…

My kids will have no blood related aunts or uncles. These are a few of the ways that social constructionism has predetermined how my parent’s choices will continue to affect generations down the line. As previously illustrated in my genogram, there has been some tension within my family. Before my dad met my mom, he had a child with another woman. I knew of his existence from a young age, but I did not fully grasp the reality of the situation until I was a bit older. Coming to terms with the…

My grandparents worshiped my aunt who was only 10 months younger because to them she was prettier. Due to this she looked for love in all the wrong places. She was only sixteen years old when she got pregnant with her first child. Shermyra’s father left when my mom was only 5 months pregnant. My sister Shermyra was born on December 22, 1988, the day before my mother’s 17th birthday. Much of my views on relationships are based on those of both my mom and my grandmothers. Many of their…

penetrated the air around us. My family joyfully cooked and sang along to the holiday favorite “Have a Holly Jolly Christmas,” while the dog, Shadow, sneakily made its way near the goodies. Just as any other family get together, my grandmother gathered us all around and snapped pictures of this moment. Each year, this moment is captured, new recipes are prepared, families grow older, and most importantly, family is gathered together as one. Along with every other family, my family holds norms,…

The word family seems to be in the back of our heads and usually we see families in our everyday lives but I have never questioned what types of families there are in the world we live in. After a few days into the course of Marriage & Family, I learned there are sociological terms to describe different families. As I am learning the sociological terms, I began to think about what type of family is ‘my’ family? What type of marriage my parents have? What theories are relatable to my family?…

My immediate family is made up of my father Edward, my mother Melaine, and my brother Antorius. I also live with my grandparents William and Mary. I also live very close to most of my family members on my mother’s side. My great-grandfather split his farmland among his eight children. They each got two acres to build a house on for their family. Most of the children still live on the farmland, so I see most of my family members on a daily basis. Everyone in my family is very family-oriented.…

My Family’s Culture of Graduating College The relationship between my going to college and actually able to graduate from college reflects on my family 's culture because a lot of people in my family have attempted to go to college but no one has gone far enough to graduate. Graduating college is a huge issue and expectation by my culture at my home because no one in my family has graduated. There is a lot of pressure on me from my family and culture to graduate college. My family doesn’t want…