Family

Family is the strongest bond that you will ever have. In the words of Gene Hackman, "Blood is the only thing that counts. Everyone else is just a stranger." The reason that family means so much is that your family will help you no matter what happens. No matter what you do to them or what you do to yourself, your family will always help you out. They might not support what you are doing, but they will always give you a hand when you need it the most. Friends can drift apart, girlfriends can leave you, and sometimes you think you're all alone even though you always have a family to help you along.

Life as I know it

This summer was probably the first real beginning to the rest of my life. My whole summer was filled with new experiences and some pretty cool adventures too. I feel like I matured a lot over the summer for different reasons. I got my first job and earned money for college all summer which was very new to me. I've never had to work for a living before, but I really liked it. It gave me a great sense of pride and accomplishment. I had such a great summer that I was thinking about writing a book about it.