The Genesis Podcast

Synonyms for Family By Valerie Murillo


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Synonyms for Family

People see a pack, a gang, a team, but I see it as a family. They may see a pack of wolves as dangerous but they are just protective of their pack, their family. There are people that have a group of friends, and they call themselves a gang. Most people may hear “gang” and think of crime, I hear “gang” and hear a family that protects and is there for each other. I’ve seen teams and the thing is there may be some arguments but at the end everyone works together, to win. When I finally thought about all these things when I was reading a book, I realized that I always have a family, if it is with friends, a club, or just my own family. It doesn’t matter what they are called or how many members there are. We have a family and that is what I believe.

My family has always been interesting, sometimes unusual, to a lot of people. The main thing was that the family of five females and one male, worked at the swap meet. In the day with the blistering sun, and in the night with the frostbite cold. I never got why they thought it was weird, I guess it is because I was raised that way. We always worked together, we loved it. Whenever I went to the swap meet I would take a book to read and they would be adventures with werewolves, vampires, warriors, and so much more. There was this book with werewolves, and there was a part that told me that the pack fought side by side.Looking up and I saw my family fighting their way through our crowded booth. Putting down the book, I set myself through a journey that cold, starry night. The journey with my pack, living through our days of family.

I have lived working for my family, and I am proud of that. Many people would hate going to work but I lived and breathed working, just like parents. My parents taught me so many things. My mother taught us to always look for sales and the clearance. And my dad taught us how to do self-defense and do wood burning. We are who we are because we grew up being loved and cherished by people around us. I am never ashamed to do something for my family, they are important to me. Like how any person on a team or a gang is important to each other.

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The Genesis PodcastBy Valerie Murillo