My Life Of My Family

Throughout my life there has been many things that hold me up and keep me strong. My church, this school, and all the friends I have here are just to name a few. But the one I want to show you today is one of the most important foundations of my life, and that is my family and how they have helped me enjoy the great times and persevere through the hard trials, and what a true blessing families are in all of our lives.

Freedom to life, liberty, and the right to pursue happiness. These are the things that people came looking for in America. Some lost their lives trying to achieve their goals in the new world. But some continued to prosper and live on. These people are the ones I call family. Through thick and through thin, rain or shine, they will be there to fight by your side. Family is what I consider home, so looking into the past about how my home came to be, I can learn many things about how I am where I am now.

Sitting down at the table, ready to dig into our delicious Thanksgiving dinner, we all exchanged concerned looks when my mom brought out the turkey. My mom wanted to host Thanksgiving a few years ago, thereupon she worked like a super hero days prior in preparation. She was very worried because she had to juggle work, along with getting ready for Thanksgiving. Everything was ready; my family was gathered around the table, but when we cut into the turkey it wasn’t fully cooked! My extremely understanding family all helped cook the turkey while we poked fun at my mom. Everything ended up being wonderful because of my fabulous family. This is just one example of why I have a tremendous amount of love for my family. I have many memories that have given me marvelous childhood memories, all thanks to my excellent, supportive family. My supportive parents, my witty brother, and my two loving grandmas are a huge part of my life and the most supportive people I know!

I am blessed and have been blessed since the day that I was born with many examples of life. I am the youngest of five so, I have seen the lives of my siblings unfold in front of me and this has taught me more about life than anything else. Each of my siblings has their own stories and troubles that they have lived thought and more than anything they have taught me how every person's life is different and you may come from the same place but your life can be vastly different. Of my siblings only two graduated regularly from High School my oldest brother, David, and my youngest older brother, Conor. While they are very similar in appearance and interests their lives form completely different paths after college David set out for South Korea for five years to teach English while Conor went to college forty minutes away. They each created their own lives and searched for meaning in their lives in their own way.

Family tragedies and the Great Depression have played a crucial role in my family’s life story. Going through tough times has taught my family the value of hard work and being frugal. It has also taught them to appreciate everything around them because they have first hand experienced that life is not always perfect.

Life is a rollercoaster, but I am grateful to be living it with my family and friends. My family has taught me many lessons that I will always apply to my decision making for the rest of my life. Loyalty, honesty, and respect has been taught to me ever since I learned how to speak. The communication between my family and I is very important because I know that my voice matters. Support will always be something that my parents continue to give me even when I fail. My family and friends has shaped who I am today and I will always be thankful for having them in my life.

Now it begins, the next chapter, this amazing moment where I start a new part of my life. The next steps I take might be at the door of your institution. To introduce myself, I am Matthew Kopsachilis from Long Island, a man who has one dream, to make movies. Today, you will understand why I am a perfect candidate to be a Film Production Major at your school.

All my life, I have always made sure that family is a key part of my life. My grandparents were always my closest family besides my parents and brother. I never really had any cousins to hang out with, so a lot of my free time would be spent with my grandparents. When I was in elementary school, I would always walk from my grandmother’s house in the morning to school. I did this every day, and over the years it made us a lot closer. I have always tried to be close with all my family members. I’m extremely happy I always had this attitude, because in a blink of an eye it can all change.

“Lena is, lena is … incredible. So clever and funny and talented.” I mutter against her lips, Nadia dragging me onto the couch with her my knees across her lap and a glass of wine in both our hands as I begin to tell her about Lena

Obviously, I could have written this essay about any of the people in my life, but I picked the one person I have spent my whole life with, Abi. Yes, yes, I know what a kiss up to her sister, but I want to tell you about the wild spirited Abi, or as my mom says, “The annoying one”. Being her sister, she has showed and still shows me almost everything that I shouldn’t do. Some things she does can just make you laugh so hard your stomach hurts or comfort you until you feel better.

As a child growing up, some of my earliest memories were my mother taking us to church every Sunday. It was a traditional type of Church that didn 't believe in the gifts of the Spirit, let alone God speaking through dreams. Even though the gifts or ministry of the Spirit was not discussed in Church, even as a child, I had a knowing that God speaks through dreams.

Betsy Sparrow, a psychologist at Columbia University, defines transactive memory as a shared system of knowledge where we have external memory systems available to us, typically in other people or the internet. We have learned to rely on these external systems to provide information rather than remember it ourselves. Even though I’ve never heard the term ‘transactive memory’ before watching this video, it makes sense. We can’t possibly remember everything, especially if we don’t use it every day, but if I remember where to find it, I can still utilize the information when I need it. This isn’t a new concept; employees who work in team environments often rely on coworkers to provide a unique set of knowledge and expertise that other team members don’t have. It allows team members to focus on their area of responsibility and can create a cohesive team environment. I do this in my personal life with my family and friends. If I can ask someone else or look it up on the internet, like driving directions or a recipe, I don’t have to store it in my internal memory. I just need to remember where to locate the information. Dr. Sparrow says that we typically rely on external memory systems for information that we don’t use in our everyday lives. The amount of information at our fingertips has grown exponentially because of the internet and search engines like Google; we have learned to adapt by prioritizing what we must store in our internal memory and what we can store in external

When I was younger I never thought my parents would separate. I always thought they both would be there for my brothers and I no matter what. Growing up you are taught that moms and dads were supposed to stay together, through the thick and thin. I didn’t think in a million years that I would grow up seeing only one parent at a time. Not one of my friends’ parents were separated and I was embarrassed to tell them mine were. I never wanted to invite anyone over to have them realize that my parents were no longer together. I spent most of my time hiding my parents divorce rather than enjoying the fun times with my friends. I never thought anything would ever come between our family, but I was completely wrong.

My conflict is family based. It is about my elder sister 's family. My elder sister does not have a sound educational background but she is blessed to have gotten married to a wealthy business tycoon and they are blessed with three children namely; Nelly, Junior and Adolf. They are happily married but just like any other marital home which has got its good and bad moments, theirs is not an exception. My sister 's husband is so self centered, and He also have a greedy altitude. As a wealthy business man He has managed to acquired fleets of luxurious cars for himself (precisely about six cars) but unfortunately none of these cars belongs to his wife. In addition to this, He is in possession of all the car keys and when ever the wife wants to go to the market or on an errand, the wife must first of all informed him then He will call the driver and gave him the key to one of the cars( the less privilege car) and asked him to take his madam to the market or where ever she is going. And my sister is never comfortable with this kind of altitude from the husband but she will just keep her cool, and sometimes she let her husband to understand that she is not comfortable with his altitude. But her husband finds it so difficult to bend or to change from his ugly altitude. After some couple of months, the husband went and bought one small lady 's car for my sister and told her that the car is meant for her to be using each time she wants to go to the market or on an errand. But

Today, my family and I are finally leaving. We have been debating on leaving for the past week or so. We have recently lost all of our money. My dad wants to go and earn money in We live in Greece and it is about 100 miles to the coast where our ship will board. I am taking as many clothes as possible and I am taking my old teddy bear that I have had since the day I was born. We walked for days, taking breaks when possible and finding shelter during storms. Then one day my father said ,” Look,, there it is... the ship.” It had gig text on the side that said Nevada At this point I was trembling and the hairs on the back of my neck were standing up. As we were boarding the ship the scent of people who hadn 't bathed in weeks or maybe even months. It was terrible, but it was also the best. We were on our way to freedom.