Families have many different ways they could be defined. I would describe my family as being blended. My brother has a different father than me, and he is still considered family. This aspect is important in my concept of family because even if I do not talk to them everyday, I still have this connection where they will support the decisions that I want to make even if it is not an opinion that everyone agrees with. On the contrary, there is definitely diversity by having a blended family, especially since they have been a part of most of my life. I have seen my family stick there through it all and not leave you even when times get rough, which is why this diversity makes a great impact and shapes me into the person I am.

Families are diverse all over the world, and no two families are the same. I never had a chance to meet my extended family from my mother’s side because her parents passed away before I was born and she was the only child in her household. I grew up only spending parts of the day with my father and the other half with my mother. Other peers in places that I would go to school with thought my family was together because they were more involved in what I liked to do when I was younger. When I was younger, I always thought families were supposed to be traditional with two parents of the opposite sex and thought that all families had the typical mother and father in their lives. As I was growing up, my family was not living together and only spoke on