Food and traditions

In my family, like most, all holidays are mostly centered around food. I can't think of a time when my relatives have gotten together and there hasn't been atleast dessert. The thing that has changed though in my family is eating together. When I was younger we all atleast ate dinner together at the dinner table. My mom cooked dinner and as soon as my dad got home from wprk it was dinner time. No matter what part you were in a video game or if your favorite TV show was on, it was dinner time end of story.

Now my family rarely eats dinner together. We are all older and have other priorities such as jobs, school, and boyfriends or girlfriends. My parents however are always home for dinner. I think it's a generation thing. Me and my siblings just grab something to eat on our way out the door, but my parents have to sit down and have a meal. I do think it's important to have family dinners though. It gives a chance for your family to catch up with each other, especially since we are all so busy. Now every sunday we always have breakfast. It might not be a gourmet meal every sunday, but we still all sit down with one another.

The fire service is a community

The fire service is a community. This group of people is a community because we share a common interest and job. We are all at the fire station together atleast every tuesday night. The group is held together because it is our job, but also we all like to hang around the station to et on calls. Our common iterests are of course being a firefighter, yet there are so many different areas of the fire services that everyone has their favorites. For example, you might have one firefighter that loves to drive the fire truck, while the other would rather be in charge and sit in the officer seat.

Differences that present in the fire service are many. I think of a fire station of being as bad as a highschool when it comes to drama. We are so close that someone always has a problem woth somebody. Most of the issues arise when tecniques are involved. Someones's way is always better than the other persons. For the most part though, we are like family so everything blows over within the day.

This community is my passion in life. I think I fit in because I am a firefighter that can relate to all of the other members of my department. We all live to go on calls, yet complain when we have to wake up for one. If i weren't a part of this community I don't know where i would fit it!

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