My Beloved Family
Words cannot adequately express how much my family means to me. Their unconditional love and support throughout my life, have helped shape me into who I am today. I have gone through many highs and lows throughout my life. If it weren’t for my loving parents and close-knit family, I don’t know where I’d be in my life. We have been through thick and thin together and I am eternally grateful to each and every one of them.
I am the second oldest of 6. I have an older brother and 3 younger brothers and sisters. My brothers are big into surfing. My older brother Greg and middle brother Colby are healthcare administrators working in Northern California. My youngest brother Brady started an event vendor business earlier this year and is an incredible graphic designer. My sister works as a marketing director for a natural hygiene company and has a 3-year-old daughter named Charlotte. She is also an insane ballerina! My youngest sister Evie recently graduated from esthetician school. She and her husband Chad recently moved up to Northern California. Chad got a job working with Greg and is an assistant director in training.
My sisters and brother-in-laws Athena, Taylor, and Chad are simply amazing! I love how they treat my siblings. I see the way they treat their spouses and others which inspires me to treat others the way I want to be treated. I am beyond stoked to welcome them into my family and I look forward to having many more amazing experiences with them.
My parents are my rock. Throughout my life, they’ve been right there, loving and supporting me through the process. My dad, Collin, was born and raised in Dallas, Texas but has lived in California for most of his life. He recently got a job back at an old company where he worked for a long time and My mom, Karen, was born and raised in Los Angeles, in the San Fernando Valley. They’ve been married for over 40 years.
I am so grateful and blessed to have loving grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. I have had so many wonderful memories with them as well over the years. From beach days to long hikes in the mountains and even swimming at my grandparents' pool, my childhood was everything a kid and even an adult to ask for. I love my extended family so much!
In closing, you can probably tell that I love my family, maybe a little bit too much haha. In a world where there are countless families are broken or dysfunctional, I count my blessings that even though we don’t see eye-to-eye on everything, at least we love and respect each other and we don’t hold grudges. Each and every one of them has helped shape and mold me into who I am today and I am forever grateful for them being a major part of my life.
