Family

Parents were never cool when you were younger and still are not the ideal people to hang around on a friday night, but recently I have come to realize that I owe my parents a little bit more respect than I give. They are the people who have been with me since day one, and will be with me longer than anyone else I meet on this planet. I realized that I am going to miss them dearly when I leave for college, in more ways than one. Aside from missing the small things they do for me like make me meals and do my laundry, I am going to miss them as the loving, caring people they are. They are the only people I can know for sure will never turn their back on me no matter what the issue is. I remember how I used to say " I cannot wait to graduate and get away from them and just do what I want", and now I am saying the complete opposite. Sometimes I wish that I could just stay around here locally and go to somewhere like Roanoke so I will be able to stay close to my family. Not that this is not an option, but I do want to leave Roanoke at least for college just for a new experience. I think this is one of those things that God makes work out how it is supposed to in the end. In the beginning our parents are our guardian's and protect and take care of us for the first years of our life. In the end, it is our parents who we return the favor to as old age begins to take its toll on them and it is their kids who will see them through in their final days. Despite how sad this process is, it is always comforting knowing that I will always have them to support me until their time on this earth is over.