Each of these photos represent my definition of family because these are all the people who love me, support me, and I know I can always count on. ... To me, family means the people who are there for you, who love you and support you, emotionally and physically, no matter what and are involved in all aspects of your life. ... These are the people who love me and are there for me whenever I need them. Sometimes the person who loves you and cares about you the most is a close friend. ... These are the people I know love me and will always be there for me. ...

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Romantic Love Society has conditioned the population to believe that marriage is an event that is synonymous with romantic love. ... Romantic love possesses strength greater than many other emotions. ... Can an emotion really die if it has the strength that love possesses? ... Also, some families originate from relationships that haven't involved marriage. There are relationships that are surviving today on love and trust alone. ...

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Marriage and Divorce The family system is one that revolves around the main concept of love and care. When the parents in a family grow apart, and thus lose sight of their love for each other and stop caring, then a family breaks a part. ... Divorce tears a family apart from the inside out and leaves in its wake a terrible obstacle to overcome, both for the parents and for the children. ... There are however, different kinds of love. ... Love in another person validates your life. ...

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True love. ... Being married and starting a family is a thought that has crossed everyone's mind at least once. It's the most stable and secure environment to make a family. ... For both men and women, most need families, however, I acknowledge that not all do. Either way, it is important in everyone's life whether or not to start a family. ...

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You can act in any way you please, and they will still love you. ... Everyone needs a family, because everyone needs love. ... But they showered me with love and that was all I cared about nothing else in this world means more to me than my family. ... They told me to do whatever I felt was right with my own life and I did I fell in love with a boy, it was hard to explain to him who these two women were. ... But all in all family is family and once Melesia Vanriel you have one you cannot change who they are you just have to love them because they love you (Jasmynn Kendall). ...

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Mother's love is unconditional. Father's love is sought after and earned through achievement. The child must work for this love. This type of love may sound like unreal love, but I think it is real. ... I can attest to the success of fear in my own family. ...

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Love is believed to be the foundation of any marriage, but love is not just intimacy two people share. ... Love is not selfish or unkind. ... Family bike rides, going on vacation, or even having that one special day that just the family spends together will enable your family to be much closer and will keep the happiness inside of everyone. ... Any family can have love and happiness but without communication it will never work. ... People need to be happy inside themselves, they need to care for themselves and love themselves most of all. ...

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I think their marriage works because they have been in love for so long. ... I know they love them but they also need time to be with just each other. ... Their marriage has the most important thing: love. ... One of the things I find most important in a marriage is love. ... A marriage will work if people have love, put effort into it, and do not give up....

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Jimmy's Identity In the movie My Family the identity of Jimmy is very different than any other member of the family. ... As part of his culture, he values the work that his father goes through to survive and support his family. ... Another sign of the affection and love that he stimulates is when Chucho teaches him how to dance. ... He becomes careless and shuts out the people he loves. ... All the anger that Jimmy kept disappears when he receives his son's love. ...

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Love, support, friendship, and guidance are key qualities necessary to form a family bond. ... The love within a family teaches a child about solidarity, which brings the teachings of virtue, sensitivity and assertiveness. Everyone has the need to feel loved, but the best love there can be is the love of a family. ... This love and respect is important to create and maintain the family bond we have built together. ... In conclusion, family is the trust, love and unity we form within a special group of people. ...

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Family What is a dysfunctional family? "Family dysfunction can be any condition that interferes with healthy family functioning." ... What makes a family traditional today? ... I see this a lot now days where the parents neglect there children love because they just simply do not know what to do. ... We need to learn how to manage a family and stop letting television define our Families! ...

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To feel great affection for someone is to feel love for someone. ... For others, unconditional love only truly exists between family members, or between people in a committed, monogamous relationship. Unconditional love is not just a love shared between people. ... Dogs are known as man's best friend because of their constant, unwavering love for their owners, and if part of a family unit, their "pack". ... A child's love for a parent can also be described as love at first sight. ...

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Love is giving and selfless, love is therefore unselfish. ... The Montagues and Capulets are two rivalry families, they are involved in a family feud that goes back years. ... Friar Lawrence agrees to marry them to end the feuding between the families. Juliet's family is planning to marry her off to Paris a wealthy young man that Juliet does not love. ... Romeo and Juliet are both in love with the idea of being in love. ...

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Obviously families aren't perfect. ... The importance of family is surreal. ... Don't take your family for granted. ... But what made the path less tactless was my family. ... Love your family like they love you. ...

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Three of these families will be described throughout this paper: the Dashwood family, the Ferrars family, and the family of Colonel Brandon. The first family depicted in the book Sense and Sensibility is the Dashwood family. ... The next family depicted, in not quite as much detail as the Dashwoods, is the Ferrars family. ... Elinor and Edward and very much in love but Edward is engaged to Lucy Steele. ... Edward convinces himself that Elinor does not love him so he can marry Lucy but later realizes that he is too much in love with Elinor to go on with the marriage. ...

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This love of a non-biological family is even greater than that of a normal biological family. ... - She was so upset that her love for him was not enough and she was losing their aura of a family because she could not take care of him. ... This is her love for Adam. ... She loves the children and knows that the children need to be loved. ... She loved these kids and they loved her, now they are saying goodbye forever. ...

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They are built upon principles and love as they strive to better each member and become closer nit. As the process of families is natural, so is this desire for love and unity natural. ... Without those strong bonds of love between family members, who would be patient enough to raise the children? ... " families live in villages. ... It is the natural way of men to form into families and share that unique love and commitment, present only in family ties. ...

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To Kill a Mockingbird Family To me, a family can have many different meanings. Most people think of families as two married people who love each other so much that they decide to get married, and have at least one child. ... Another reason for the separation in a family is when a parent or a child dies, because the family will never be the same without one of their loved ones. ... When Jem and Scout were young, their mother died from a sudden heart attack, at the time she died, they were devastated, but over time they got over it, and learned to love their father, and make the b...

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When a bride enters a family, she lives with the husband's family. ... (Noreen) Marriage is a life long commitment; traditional love is involved. ... Even so if a man or woman does not fall in love, there is pressure from the family to keep the marriage together. ... Lahiri said: And then a man's voice: " I love you, sweetheart.... Arranged marriages are appointed around starting a family than having a relationship with the foundation of traditional love. ...

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All of the Tweedy family were appauled and shocked when Rucker made hes wedding announcement claiming, "'Well, Mattie Lou's dead as she'ss ever be, ain't she?"' ... Feeling embarrassed for her whole family, Mary Willis couldn't understand how her father could marry so soon after her mother's death when the respectable thing to do was to at least wail a year. ... Love stopped going to her church because of the constant talk about her behind her back. ... These two strangers learned how to respect each other, which then turned to a liking of one another, and ...

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There are many myths in America dealing with marriage and family. ... I love this movie because it so real to me and what a real life marriage is like. ... That show takes you to the edge and back of what families in real life go through. ... Equity is important to both of us and we both love the way our relationship is. He loves complementing me and doing anything for me if I ever need him too, and I love receiving those complements as well as doing things for him. ...

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The family is basically the most important factor in our society. ... There are many types of families now, but the traditional family structure is healthier and more effective than the new sort of family. ... Families with both parents pertaining to the same sex can still show their children the same love that a traditional family would. ... Not all gay families are as my cousin's family. ... That is something that differentiates most children of heterosexual families from homosexual families, the fact that they grow in a religious environment. ...

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He comes from a family that is well known, and he uses his family name as another way to feel like king besides owning slaves. His pride comes first before his family because he feels he has to protect the name of the family and history at all cost. ... This makes him feel like he no longer loves her because his pride is hurt of the shame Desiree brings to the family name of Aubigny. ... His love for the baby is motivated not by genuine love, but rather by pride because the baby boy will continue his important family name. ... Desiree does have love for Armand and thought he feels the same...

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Each civilization had their own beliefs about god, the world, and families. ... In Chinese mythology women were commanded to honor their husband and love only him. ... They ran the household and made the family decisions. ... Zeus made love with many mortal women which caused Hera, Zeus" wife to become furious, "However, golden-throned Hera, jealous as always of Zeus" other loves, wrecked this plan by sending her daughter, Eileithyia, down to earth to prolong Alcmene's labor," (Rosenberg 215). ... Families in Chinese mythology treat each other with respect for inner peace, while Greek ...

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Kevin is unveiled, unknown to Greg, at a family dinner that he is not only Pam's ex-boyfriend, but is also her ex-fiancé. ... He is very meticulous about what he does, always scheduling things on an itinerary for everyone in the family to follow. ... Greg buys Jack a rare flower, the best champagne he can find at the Oyster Bay Druggery, attempts to go find Jinx (the family cat), abstains from sex, and several time he tries to tell Jack about his love for Pam. ... So with intentions to impress the family, and woo Jack, Greg paints the cat's tail and brings it back to the house...

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