“Family is not always blood. It is the people in your life who want you in theirs. The ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile, and who love you no matter what.” –Unknown-
This quote is powerful it says even if you are not related people can still be your family to love, and support you. It shows that someone can have unconditional love for you no matter who you are, or where you come from. The biggest influence that impacts a person’s life the most is family. If you do not have a family to love you, support you, and pick you up when you fall, you have nothing.
Michael Oher was in a situation where he had no one to love, care, and support him. With a mother on drugs and a father nowhere to be found. Michael had a very hard life. In the ABC
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The Michael Oher story is a perfect example of love, and support. Michael was in need, and the Touhy family took him in, and treated him like their own. Mrs. Touhy said in an ABC News interview “I just think Michael needed somebody, and it was evident that there was nobody in his life, and it just broke my heart. And very quickly, I just fell in love with him.” Mrs. Touhy cared, and saw Michael was in need, and so their family took him in to their home to not only love him, but support him, and help him so he did not go down the wrong path.
Nevertheless, as said already the Touhy family loved, supported, and cared for Michael. This is something Michael had never had before, and because of all of these things Michael had the drive and courage to keep moving forward. The Touhy family was the key for Michael to success. In the ABC News interview Collins Touhy said “I was Collins he was Michael and that was pretty much it…he was like a brother to me.” The whole family loved Michael for who he was, and it did not matter where he came from, or the color of his skin. All that mattered was that he knew they were there no matter