Personal Statement : ' The Courage And The Smile I Walk '

The common characteristics defined by Lamanna and Reidmann for family are ancestry, marriage and or adoption.  They give a list of three characteristics along with which people are usually related.. (1.) from an economic unit and care for any young.  (2.) consider their identity to be significantly attached to the group, and (3.) to commit to maintaining that group over time.  Yes, for many reasons I would definitely consider my family to fit these three categories of of the common characteristics.  My family is a support unit on which I can heavily rely on and we all have each others best interest at heart and will do anything to help one another.  I wish it was better defined and more in detail because I find the three characteristics to be very vague but I would add that family is also some kind of support group on which you are emotionally attached to and heavily rely on to make important choices.. well, in most cases.

I am a part of a blended family; therefore, I have a huge family with a number of sisters and brothers. At home with my mother and stepfather, Sidney, I live with my older brother, my younger sister, my older step-sister and younger step- brother in our home in Desoto. Twice a month I get the opportunity to visit with my dad in Dallas, the Bishop Arts District. When me and my other siblings go to visit with my dad we live with our step-mother, Stephanie, my younger sister and younger brother. I like having a blended family, I get more

Well my family at home is just like a normal family because we go our separate was when we want to, but we are very close and we are just like any normal family with all teenagers. There is nothing special about it we go to school, mom go to work and we come home and talk a little then get ready for the next

average middle class family. This have shaped me in many ways. It's helped me appreciate how

For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” (ESV) Not only does the Lord magnify our strengths, he also transforms our

Family is a word that cannot be defined by a dictionary but only by the person who experiences their own deeper meaning of the word. My family’s culture is one of many but unique nonetheless. The typical loud mouth Italian family is a stereotype mine fits perfectly, although some stereotypes are perceived negatively some are quite the opposite. My Italian family is based off discipline, respect, and religion, all of which are a popular stereotype I’m all too familiar with. Learning appropriate manners and acting mature was a priority since the youngest age in my family. There were no excuses for childish behavior or any acceptable reason why my chores weren’t done without any punishment involved. This mindset applied to more than just

My family structure growing up was not technically traditional. My family consist of my mom, my dad, and two older brothers. My parents are divorced so I have a single-parent family.

I have gone through many experiences that have tried to tear me down. Life will never seize to throw obstacles my way. These obstacles, however, have proven to be positives that fuel me to be the person I never knew before. They teach me to stand out while taking a stand and be the powerful, independent woman that I am meant to be.

My strength has come from dealing with the passing of my father and grandfather. My father, Brian Montgomery, died at the age of 46 from stage 3 brain cancer. I was only 5 years old. My grandfather was the closest thing to a father figure that I have ever known. When he passed, in the summer of 2014, I was heartbroken. Through a lot of thinking and struggling, I found the strength to get through the two toughest situations I’ve ever had to deal with. These two cases are why strength is my strongest characteristic.

As far as families go, mine is definitely a ‘variety pack’. My father, an engineer, and my mother, an occupational therapist, raised my four younger siblings and I to be independent, open-minded, and selfless individuals. We were brought up to respect the world around us, think for ourselves, and appreciate others opinions, even if they differed from our own. My family’s hometown of DeWitt, Iowa is one of those cliché places where bare feet and fishing define summertime and winter revolves around snowball fights with the neighbors. DeWitt is one of those communities where everyone is willing to lend a helping hand, whether or not they know the person in need. Humility and kindness are valued and are constantly displayed on both community and

Family is “a group of people who are related to each other: a social unit consisting of parents and their children” (merriam-webster.com). My family has had a very positive influence on my development. I was always taught family comes first and my sister was my best friend. I happen to have lived with my extended Italian family for most of my life. When I was younger, my Nana lived with us and after I was married, my parents moved into the in-law apartment in my house. My family was and still is a very important part of my life. We are always there for each other and still are very active in each other’s lives. For me, personally, it is hard to talk about family without mentioning my Italian culture. Being from an all Italian family and since I am only the second generation born in the United States, I am quite certain that culture has had a major effect on my development.

According to the different tests that I took for this assignment in order to identified what type of personality I have, I am a persevered person. I am accomplishing my goals in life. I considered that little by little I had been learning lessons through out different experiences. For instance, I immigrated to USA and it was a challenge to me to adapted to this country because there are people from different nationalities with their cultures. I was born and raise in Venezuela, my mother is from Venezuela and my father is from Dominican Republican. Even though my father is from Dominican Republic I feel that there some people from Dominican Republic that are not well educated. They emigrated and they do not want to be productive, I do not want

What is your idea of strong? Is it the muscles in your arms, the scars on your body, moving on from the tragic

As Ralph Waldo Emerson has said, "You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have".

Who is in your family? Let’s find a way to see if your family is like other families?