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Family: Life’s Greatest Gift

Family is where we all school and instead learned ages me to read books.
belong to and from where how to keep house from While I am sad my parents ARTICLES
our identity comes from. A their mother. Before Salva are the one who comforts
person is valued based on was old enough to attend me. My family is like oxy-
his family and upbringing. school he would care for gen for me. If I didn’t have
We all belong to a family the family’s cattle with a family I would be out
and it is our family that other young boys. It was a of nowhere, uneducated,
keeps us together through very happy time. couldn’t get the love of my
thick and thin. Without family. I would be alone.
having a family, no person When there was a civil People living within a fam-
is complete and the com- war he got separated from ily are happier than people
pleteness comes with good his family. During the war who live alone because
family bonding. he went through a lot of family can cure your many
hardships in life. Right problems but a lonely per-
Now what is a family? By from sleeping in itchy hay son can’t.
just saying that you live in the barn, to being left
with your family does not all alone to fight for his To be part of a happy
hold any values to being a destiny, Salva never gave family, one should always
part of the family. Four or up hope as the thought thank God for the blessing
five persons living under about meeting his fam- we have in life, as having a
one roof does not become ily gave him strength to family who cares and loves
a family. A close family walk forward. This clearly us is the greatest blessing
bond is like a safe harbor, shows that Salva’s family that any person could get
where we feel secure and played a very important in life. When we see bro-
where we trust that we role in his life even though ken families for reasons
have someone always there they weren’t with him of their own, we should
to whom we could turn to physically they gave him always remind ourselves
when we need them the motivation and guidance how lucky we are to be a
most. This bonding helps while he was in difficulty. part of a family that has
to build trust and hope been and will be with us
that, no matter what, we In my life also family plays all through our lives.
have people to be with us an important role. When I D Saanvi Joshi
in our toughest times. wake up my father wakes
me up. If I miss the bus he
In Salva’s family there were drops me off at school on
8 members who included time. When I forget some-
his father, mother, two thing important he sends
sisters and three brothers. it to school. While
He was one of the few kids afterschool he
who could attend school leaves his work to
all year. During the rainy pick me up. After
season his home was only I reach home my
a half hour walk from the mother prepares
school. Salva’s father was food for me. She
considered a successful reminds me to
man because he had many do my home-
heads of cattle. His sisters work. She brings
were not allowed to attend books and encour-