IMPORTANCE OF MY FAMILY AND COMMUNITY

Natalia Gonzalez

7th Grade • St. Bruno

As of right now, there is a pandemic going on. It is definitely frightening, but it is moments like these when you realize how much your family and community mean to you. Without them, I don’t know how I’d get through times like these. My family and friends are super supportive and are always there for me, we also share amazing moments together especially since we are in quarantine.

Some of my favorites memories I’ve had hanging out with my family are playing board games, baking, learning to cook new foods, and even having family movie nights. Even though we are in lockdown for now I like to think of things in a positive way, like reminding myself all of these great memories wouldn’t have been made if we weren’t in lockdown.

Not only have amazing memories been made recently but so have crazy encounters, for example stores were crazy. Almost all of the stores were completely empty and ran out of important supplies such as certain foods, water, and hygiene products, it was disastrous. However, when my family wasn’t able to find certain products, my neighbors would check in and drop off important goods that we happened to need at the very moment. Since they had our backs, we had theirs. It reminded me how beautiful friendships are, and how generous people can really be during scary times like these.

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Although I do not know what the future holds for us, if there is one thing I do know for sure it is that I will always be by my family’s and friends’ side no matter what, and they will always be by mine. With great friendships like these, I know I can get through anything. This is why my community and family mean so much to me.

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