My Family
My mother is a woman with Indian hertitage, with dark brown skin. She is forever someone that I will look for guidance,
inpsiration, knowledge, and wisdom. My mother has often told me "Your perception determines the scope of your reality", and its through this statement
I was able to live my life. In the past, I wanted to give up because of my
skin conidtion, stunted height, and a long list of allergies that I often lost track of.
There were times that I wouldn't want to go to school becayse of how my skin
would flare up and dry out my face extremly bad that made me look like I aged 5 years faster.
However, if my mother did not instill this beleif into me, I would not
have kept persisting at life, and find ways to beyond my limitations. My mother will forever be someone that I will love dearly,
as she sacrificed for me in so many ways that I can't thank her enough for. When I was younger, I would oftnen not be able to eat anything at parties due to my allgergies,
and my mother would forcefully not eat due to the fact that she knew I wasn't able to. The love for my mother will always be special, and if I were to try to write
a book about her, I would run of out pages before I could even finish.
My father is of Lebenase heritage, with many French physical traits. This is very common with a lot Lebenase, as the French ruled over Lebanon for a long peroiod of time,
to the point that even though Lebanon is a Middle Eastern and Arab country, there are many French customs and culture that got mixed into the Lebenase people, with
the vast majority of Lebenase people being bi-lingual in both French and Arabic. There are many things I have learned from my father as well. My father's life story taught me
the importance of hard work, dedication, sacrifice, and the will to never give up. My father moved to the United States at the age of 19 to pursue an education, and a better
life than his life in Lebanon, as Lebanon was in the middle of an intense civil war. My father came to this country with nothing, and he had to leave behind everthing he
ever known from the comfort of his own home, his own family, and the bonds he built, which was not an easy thing to do. He started from the bottom and with intense persaverece,
made it to the top to where he is the most recognized Engineer at the Company Humanetics, a company that simultes and build car crash dummies for contractors all over the world.
My father's life has taught me that indeed when there is a will, there is a way, and that that anyone can reach their goals with hard work and determination.
Growing up I never had a superhero, I wasnt really into Marvel and people that could shoot lasers out of their eyes or people that could shoot webs out of
their hands, but my older 2 brothers were 2 people that I tried my best to be like. My older 2 brothers were more like extra fathers than brothers, but they were
2 people I tried my best to copy everything they did, and I still look to them as my superheroes till this day. As a child, I wanted to walk like them, talk like them,
and even use the same behaviour that they did. They took care of me, and sacrificed for me in ways that are unimaginable, they would sacrifice their personal time
just to spend time with me. Before it was discovered that I had allegies, I would throw up profousely and cover their whole body in vomit, but they never once complained
or even asked questions, and would just continue to craddle me and soothe me until I was done. They are 2 of the most succesful people I have ever known, with my oldest
brother Yusuf being a Buisness law Graduate from University of Michigan Ross, and my second oldest brother Musaab being a graduate from University of Michigan as a
aerospace engineer graduate. I have big shoes to fill and they forever paved the way for me, if the whole world were to put the Sun in my right hand and the Moon in my left,
I still woudn't trade them, because that's how they much mean to me.
The last part of my family that is very dear to my heart are my aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins from my mother's side of the family. All of my father's side
live in Lebanon and I have only visited there 3 years, however I am extremely close to my mother's side of the family. When I used to live in Maryland, I would get to see
all of my mom's side of the family that lived in Virginia every week. When I moved back to Michigan, we would make it a habbit to visit them every summer, Thanksgiving,
and Winter. As a result, I grew up very close with my mother's side of the family. My aunts are like second mothers to me, and my uncles are like second fathers. My grandparents
often feel like older extentions of my mother, and my cousins and I are more like siblings than cousins. Whenever I needed support, encouragement, or someone to just keep
me sane from the craziness of this world, my cousins were and will always be there for me, we Skype at least 2 different times a day. My extended family will forever the pillars
that keep me standing, and my inner peace when trying to navigate through the storm of life.
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