With the holiday season almost over, and the new year is almost here, I realize how much tradition is important to me. With everyone at school and work, we don't really have a time to spend with your families, extended family included.

Why I love family tradition? Easy! I love family tradition because it brings my family together and it is something to look forward to year after year. Weather we all pile up into someones house to spend a holiday, or whatever it may be, all I can say is that I love my big, crazy family.

Family traditions is a big part of my life, as for all of my life I knew of this. Come Thanksgiving, when majority of the cousins are piled into one house, we do a grab bag for Christmas. And then come Christmas Day, we all pile into someones house and exchange gifts between aunts, uncles, and godparents/godchildren. And then we migrate to someone else's house for Cousins Grab Bag. And I wouldn't change it for the world.

This holiday season, I'm so happy to spend it with my family, and no matter how hard our lives will be, we will always be there for each other. And I will forever be grateful for that.