I'm sitting in an apartment in South Carolina surrounded by people that I love.
As I'm listening to the sounds something hits me: this is the sound of a family.
There's the sound of a child playing with one of his many older brothers,
the sound of a father talking to his son,
the sound of a mother scolding one of her many kids for losing something yet again,
the sound of siblings bickering.
There's the sound of laughter.
There's the sound of happiness.
There's the sound of love.
This is what a family is.
As I type this, I realize how bittersweet the scene really is.
Things are changing.
People are leaving.
People are staying.
I've got to acknowledge the fact that nothing of this world stays the same.
There is never a constant.
I would say it's a sad fact...
but its not.
Because regardless of the changes that we are facing,
the difficulties that we are going through,
I know this isn't the end for us.
We are a family.
We stand strong through the tough times.
We mourn when the others grieve.
We laugh when the others are happy.
We love while we fight.
We are a family.
And we will overcome.
-A
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