Michael Chrichton once said, "If you don't know your family's history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree." This quote proves the significance of family and knowing where you come from. It is all part of what Russell Baker says is the "braided cord of humanity", meaning that your past that will bring you to your future. This is why, because of family struggles, the trust family's hold, and the past each comes from, these help contribute to what makes a family.

Every family has their own personal struggles, and in the end, the outcome is always stronger if you deal with them as a family. Death is always one of those topics that is "swept under the rug", but one of the hardest and most painful to deal with. Through the loss of a close relative...