First I have an amazing home. I have great parents that take care of me and love me. I have an older brother who even though he may make me feel sad, he truly loves me in his heart. Over time I think I have started to understand that he has grown out of a lot of things. He no longer wants to play outside with me, bake with me, or play board games. But I am happy for him. He is enjoying everyday and has tons of friends and I am happy for him. He has fun everyday hanging out with them and I am so grateful for his smiles. My mother has an amazing job where she can work at home and make enough so that we can live in this huge house. She even lets us buy things from time to time and always wants to spend time with me and my brother. My father does not have a job but taking care of me and my brother is more than a job. He helps us all the time and also with my schoolwork and is always there to comfort me when I need it most. My Nanna and PoPo are still in great health. My PoPo lived through the bad times of Covid always having to stay home. She was very sad because she could no longer see us. For the past 8 years we have always seen her every Sunday. She no longer got to see us, her best friend moved out of the senior apartment so they no longer got to see each other everyday and they lived right by each other. She couldn't go to church and had to get her groceries delivered. She did all of this because she did not have the best health and we could not risk her getting the virus. But now she is so much better. She powered through and now she can finally do all the things she loves again and it will only be a little bit longer until everything goes back to normal. Now we see her every weekend again and she makes us the best homemade Chinese food every time. My Nanna used to live near us but sadly she moved away to live far away. I was sad at first thinking she did not care about me but then I learned that I should be happy for her. Its been her dream to live where she is now for the last few decades. She is finally there and is so happy. I was scared she would forget me but she hasn't. She calls me every week and loves to catch up. She got a job there and tells me so much every chat. I know she is now truly happy because I can feel her happiness. Every time it brings me such great joy to speak with her. I love being with my family. I have a great school life too. I have so many things to look forward to. I have been in an online school for 2 years and all of my friends slowly forgot me. They eventually went back to school and forgot me. I cried because my best friends did not even text me for my birthday. Not a letter, text, call, or even something for 2 months after. I realized then that they are not true friends. Alot more drama went on with them but I learned that if the people around you do not treasure your friendship like you do that its not meant to be. I did everything imaginable to be the best friend ever to them and never once did anything to hurt them but the signs were popping up everywhere and I stopped all of it. Now I do not have friends but I am happier now. "Never settle for less then you deserve." I have all these kind people on TBT that bring me joy enough. The online school I go to now may be challenging but I still love it. I am learning so much and these experiences will teach me so that in the future I know. Learning many things and not just staying in your cube is what makes life fun. Next year I go back to in person school and I know I will make new friends. No matter what I will stay the happy positive excited person I am. I wont let anyone tell me otherwise. These are just a few things that bring me joy. I may have not listed a lot of important things but I hope this essay will atleast try and make you understand that everything in life has a purpose and that you should always try to see the light in everything. Every day is already a blessing just being able to wake up but when you think of the great things in the world all of your worries melt away.
