An Extraordinary Family

My family is really the most extraordinary family ever. If you don't know (although most people reading this probably do know) my family has 13 kids, all from the same parents, none adopted and not multiples. 5 boys, 8 girls. Now, I do know other families who have lots of children, between 8 and 12. However, not all of these families are doing the kinds of things that my family is doing. They are not making a difference like my family is, and they do not stand out the way my family does. For example, in high school, everybody had heard of the Novak's. We set a standard from the first person to the last that many people are shocked to see. We stand out for the amazing things that we do, the high standards that we have set not only in school but in the way we live our lives. We're not well known for being rebels or misbehaved, but rather for being intelligent, upstanding citizens and students. And we are all going to do something great with our lives. Matt is on his way to being a lawyer and hopefully one day the president. Wouldn't that be something? Can you even imagine the recognition our family would get then? People would then be able to see the great way my parents have put together our family and the pride and love we all have for each other and our family unit as a whole. And Gina-she's going to be a dentist in a few years, and she married a genius. Kendrick is going to do something with biology so I'm sure that will be wonderful. I don't know what I'm doing, but I know I want to make a difference somehow. Everybody in my family has dreams of some sort, and we are not the kind of people who sit back and watch our dreams go by. No way. My parents have taught us the value of hard work and dedication, and we are all going places, one way or another. And one day, maybe not too far from now, people will look at us and see how great we all are, and how none of us would be where we are and could get where we're going without each and every member of our family. My family would not be complete with even one less person in it. We keep growing, and changing, and every new addition and every change helps us grow individually and collectively as people and as a family, and no one else in the world has what we have in each other. We are all individuals, but together we make up the Novak family, one of the greatest since the beginning of time. We're not screw-ups, we're not mistakes, we're proud, happy, extraordinary people.