Perfect Family by Elginshire Israel

            I often wonder how it is to have a perfect family. A perfect family, does it exist, you ask? Sure it does, we know each and everyone has their own definition of a perfect family, if you just think or reflect hard you will realize that your own family is already perfect in its own way. Just like me, a couple of months ago, I was dreaded of the fact that my family is facing an illegitimacy issue, someone who claims to be my grandfather’s son wanted a part of his land in North Davao, even though he was already disowned, by then I realized that being a perfect family isn’t really about perfection but how you handle the problems that your family faces. My family and a perfect family are alike in terms of set up, composition and beliefs.

            For me, a perfect family should live happily together in a house that can provide them shelter and food. A perfect family should have the father as the main provider—he owns a business or earns money that can cover his family’s needs. The mother takes good care of her children, she cooks for them, takes them to school and help them in their studies. A perfect family has two children—a boy or a girl. A perfect family eats together, takes good care of each other and loves each other. They face their problems together. They believe in the same god that brings them together. That’s a perfect family for me, so how did I say it is alike with my own family?

            My family lives happily together. We have our own house that keeps us safe. Our father is our main provider, since he is the one that earns money that can sustain our needs. Though our mother has her own work, she still finds time to take us to school, cook for us and help us in our studies. I have two brothers and a sister, which makes us four—two boys and two girls. We believe in only one god which is God. Roman Catholicism brings us together.

            And that makes my family similar to a perfect one. Both families have the same set up, the father as a provider, the mother as the caregiver and the children as the ones who are needed to be taken care of. Though different compositions, there is still a similarity especially with the presence of both parents and children. Love your family as to how they love you for they will always be there for you no matter what happens. Love them for every family is perfect.