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College Admissions Essay: Blood Or Not Blood

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Blood or not blood, people who care for us so much and would do anything for us. Family can be anyone we want to claim. Someone who accepts us can be family. Family are those who help us through our ups and downs, who guides us in life and supports our dreams to watch us succeed in life. Someone who wants us in their lives. Family can be friends, neighbors, or strangers, who we may see during the seasons. They come and go, but are never far away. God organizes us into families so that we can grow up in happiness and safety, and so that we can learn to love others selflessly --- the key to true joy. God puts people in our life so they become family. What is a family? From my own experience, I have found that my family are my neighbors,

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