Marquetta speaks....

What is a family? How do we define family? I was pondering this question over and over in my head the other day when my best friend asked me to write an article on “Family”. I thought of the many families that I have talked to throughout the years and I started to think about what exactly made them “family”. What structure or makeup considers family as being a family? Webster dictionary describes a family as  “a group of individuals living under one roof and usually under one head”.  Today we see so many types of families. Traditionally, we have seen families with one father and one mother with children. But as our society has changed we see more and more households changing from that traditional family makeup. In some instances, we see the grandparents raising their grandchildren; you may see siblings taking care of their younger siblings or you may see aunts and uncles raising their sibling’s children.  Whatever the case, it has become very noticeable that wha...