Week 6 Theme: Place

Along with growing up, the hustle and bustle of life consumes everyone. Between jobs, coaching, different seasonal sports, school, and just life in general my family has become very busy. For most of my life my family is all I had to rely on. My mom, dad, and brother where who I had because of the constant moving around we did. Every night my family and I would gather in the living room to watch our favorite shows. We would laugh together and share the events that happened in our lives that day. Whether it be stories of school, work, or sports. Those were the times I cherished and the place I will remember the most and the place I look forward to be at when the stresses of life overwhelm me.

I am going to school full time and working full time, my dad coaches, my mom works full time, and my brother is always busy doing what he does, and I often think of the times I spent as a child and a teen spending those evenings with the people in my life who wouldn't let me down. I remember the sound of a crackling fire in the background, and the warmth of the same fire emerged each one of us. I remember the laughter the filtered out into the hall way and down the stairs, and the pure joy on our faces as we all enjoyed each others company.

Now, I am 22 and my brother 20, we reminisce of the evenings spent with our parents. This was our safe place. Our place of security, and a place where trust was not broken. This is the place I want to create with my family as I grow older and have a family of my own. Now we come back to that living room, and spend some evening with our parents doing the same things that we used to. Spending the evenings watching TV, talking, and laughing. This is what keeps us together and close and this is the place, my favorite place to be.