Love is not defined by anybody else

One question I included within my project was, "do you have a brother or sister?" I didn't realize immediately that by having the One-Child Policy in China, you obviously do not have any siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles... etc. It kinda hit home! Greater than nature, this earth, school, and work, my family is the most significant aspect to my being. I don't know what i would do in this world if i didn't have a family to share it with. I guess I never realized how lucky Americans really are. People always say we're not free, when we are. Right now, we could be in China without families, dying and fighting to have our lives back to normal like they were 32 years ago! I cannot imagine a life without hope, love, and faith, and that is all that my family gives me each and every day. People do not respect themselves or their family members enough until it is too late. Why is it that Americans treat the people they love most the worst? This is just like the saying "don't wait until it's too late," or "you never know what you have until it's gone." In China, they know what they have all the time, because at any given second them or their own spawn could be dead without notice. Americans need to work on themselves and focus on how our lives are here and now. In order to obtain and contain happiness throughout our time, we need to learn to respect and appreciate each other. Not even just in regards to family, some people refer to friends as family. I know for myself, my family took in my best friend of 8 years only 3 years ago because she came from a broken home. Hallie is my sister, no less than that. The American government and societal members cannot put a label on love, in any country. Love is defined by what we make of it and how we appeal to it, and it's honestly nobody else's God damn business how you go about it or how you spend your time on this earth. Remember that...