What Family Is To Me         Since birth, I have grown up with a different concept of family than most people do. Instead of being born into my biological family, I was adopted into my given family. I have known I was adopted, for as long as I can remember because my parents made sure to tell me so, at the earliest age that I could understand. By adopting me and my sister into the family, …showed first 75 words of 444 total…

…showed last 75 words of 444 total…a family.         Families do not have to be biological. Here in Altoona, I have a chosen family of friends who I consider to be just as close as a family. Among my chosen family, one can find love, respect and trust, and sacrifice for one another. As a chosen family we still work the same way that a given family does, by having a sense of belonging and a sense of love toward each other.