Family is the Best Motivation

~George Yerid, Class of 2023

Even in hard times, family drives you

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. 

~Jane Howard

Family is the one thing that drives you. Even in times I was alone, lost, and cold, I knew that I needed to be with my family. I know, even through clouds of teenager feeling and annoying little things, I can always rely on my family, even when that’s the only thing going for me, even in the most dire circumstances. 

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A Complicated Word

~Devin Whiteford, Class of 2023

Perch or Sunfish, Family Will Always Be There 

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Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.

~Michael J. Fox

The word “family” is a complicated word that means something different to each, and every person. My family has always supported me in my endeavors, always supported me when I was down, and always gave me the tools to be successful in life. It means someone who is there all your life for whatever you need

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Truth=Family

~Ebrahim Saeed, Class of 2023

Only Family Will Give You The Whole Truth

Who else will tell you the truth besides your family.

~Mom

Only family will tell you how it really is.

It was my family who taught me how to model myself. How to form myself into what I want to become; as well as, telling me the whole truth. When I was going astray, it was my mother who pulled in the ranes and told me the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

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Trust in Family

~Akshaj Ghanta, Class of 2023

A story of my elementary school days

“It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.”

Peter Buffet

Family are the only people who will trust you immediately. It was my family who trusted me when no one else did. When nobody else believed me; when nobody else would listen to me, I knew that my family would listen and believe me. I knew they would open their hearts and their ears and listen to my plight.

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