Perfection by Nikki Calañas

        The kind of family you have forms what kind of person you are.
     In our generation today, do you think that's the case? Many African-Asian families are close together, especially in times of maelstroms and chaos. Broken or not, they keep each other company, because that's what families are supposed to be. They tend to you, whether you are deformed or blind, they'll still love you and try to be perfect for you. My own family and a perfect family are somehow similar in terms of unity, obligations and morals.

     Ideal families have unity, that's why they're not broken. Parents support each other into forming their children into sensible persons to fulfill their obligations when they grow up. As parents teach them their manners and morals, they learn how to be independent and take care of themselves. When they have misunderstandings, they apologize, forgive and forget. Apologizing does not always mean that you are wrong and the other is right.
Sometimes, you just value the relationship much more than your personal pride.

    My own  family, on the other hand, is not complete. You can still call us a "perfect family" though. It's just me, my mom and my sister. And because it's just us, we help each other and do our responsibilities, be it on school or inside the house. As for my father, he may not be here to raise us up along with my mom, but he still fulfills his obligation financially every month. Like a perfect family, my mother teaches me everything I need to know, because there won't be any other woman who would do the same thing. She tells us to be disciplined, to be tough and not to be ignorant and not to depend on others.

     Families don't need to be perfect.   Your mother may scold you but that's because she wants you to be  a better person, to learn from your mistakes. Your brother may fight with you, maybe because of a toy that you both want, but that's to remind you that you have to share what you have, to be equal-minded. Perfection varies, and for me, my family is perfect. Turn your back on them and that is when you are truly empty.