Family Members Have Different Connections

"And the face in the picture was extremely gaunt. But I knew right away. There was no doubt. It was Chris. I went home, picked up Michele, my wife, and drove out to Maryland to tell Dad and Billie. I didn't know what I was going to say. How do you tell someone that their child is dead?" (Krakauer 102).

Topic: The Dynamics of Family

Family recognizes family no matter what the circumstance is. For many, there is a special connection between themselves and other family members. For parents, I cannot begin to fathom the difficulty of facing the loss of one of their children. No parent should have to go through such a terrible thing. To receive the news that your child has passed would destroy any parent due to the special connection created between the child and its parents. When something devastating happens, a person has two options: The person can either completely fall off the face of the planet and not face reality, or that person can be a strong individual and be there for the people that person loves the most. This is when family is most important in my opinion; in times when things seem like they will never be good again. In times when hope seems to be non existent. Its times like these when family needs to come together and be there for the people they care most about.