My Family Essay

In my family, we look forward to thanksgiving, both my parents cook the meal while my siblings and I set the table. However, this year is different, a couple of weeks ago the double oven in my house broke. Most of our meals require an oven, my mother and older siblings heavily rely on the double oven throughout the years for cooking and baking. When the double oven broke, I was upset since theses ovens are less than two years old and I thought that my parents couldn’t make my favorite stuffing.…

The scrapbooks in my family have been going on for many, many years. They hold our memories in just a small book. It also shows photos of our family together so it’s not only in our memories it something we can hold onto. They are decorated with cute designs on the inside and outside with stickers, glitter, photos, writing and much more. Scrapbooks hold the purpose of saving all your great moments in one place. My family's artifact also entertains us, it often holds funny or precious times in…

My first memories of realizing that my family was a part of Christianity was when I was around five or six years old. At the time my family was stationed in El Paso after my dad came back from being overseas. The church that my family attended was the church of God and Christ. We used to attend church every Sunday. The Church of God and Christ is where southerners say all of the “holy-rollers” attended or the very religious attended. My parents were not really holy-rollers themselves but we…

and strengthen my back muscles. Then I did some full body strength training workouts and ran on the manual treadmill at my house. I felt refreshed and ready for the day. I fixed my family breakfast. We had scrambled eggs mixed with potato wedges, pancakes, and sausage. It was a great experience to spend time with my family for a short moment before my father went to work and I had to go to school; while my sister and mom stayed home. When I got back home from school, I sat down in my char in…

Each and every family is unique in their own way. Families consist of different races that may practice different religions, a conflictive understanding of gender roles, and a differing socioeconomic status. They are often constructed of mothers, fathers, and siblings with extended families of aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. Families are a group of individuals who can be bound by the relation of blood, marriage, legal relations, emotional ties or biological connections(Coontz 36).…

1. The way in which every person in the family was born has affected the relationship and functioning of the family in some aspects. I do not believe the way my parents were born in their families has affected the relationship, but it has the fact that my father is older than my mother. As I was growing up, I have always been able to identify that my father always plays the protector role of the family. When he has to leave the house for a couple of days or months, he has always given us a plan…

My family has several resources such as human resources, economic resources and social resources to deal with. Some of the resources my family has includes money which is acquired by working and earning a living wage. We also have advice, love, talents, materials such as; car, phones and laptops. My family’s economic resource is gained by working and each member of my family contributes to our family income after receiving their wage from various jobs. My mom works from home with her buying and…

things but a couple of them are my family, friends, and my house. The first thing I am thankful for is my family. I am thankful for my family because my parents take care of me. Another reason I am grateful for my family because my brother takes me places that are fun. Also, I am appreciative for my family because they buy me things. These are only a couple of reasons I am thankful for my family. The second thing I am appreciative for is my friends. I am appreciative for my friends because they…

My family is remote, yet central to my life. We coalesce, and vanish, to and from each other’s lives. We have developed together, yet apart, and without copious restraint of each other’s opinions or views. We come together sometimes for family occasions, always with the expectation that some or none will show up. These family functions are merely an invitation, an invitation that family members attend arbitrarily. The host will not know who is attending until people start showing up the day the…

My family consists of my father, mother, two elder sisters, myself, and my younger brother. My parents are married; however separated since we immigrated here in the United States in 2005. My father, myself and my younger brother are currently living in California; though, we live separately. My father, Cornelio Jimenez lives in Hayward. My daughter, Kirrishea and I live in Oakland and my younger brother, Jaycee lives by himself in Union City. My mother, Lilian and my eldest sister, Leigh…