Am I a minority?

Being a teenager in America is hard enough these days. I am in no way a rebellious kid nor do I walk around cutting myself because I dont fit it, but it is human nature to wonder: "do I fit in?" "is there something different about me?" After a week in class and reading these essays I never thought that my family is what would make me different.

I live in a house with a mom a dad a brother and a dog. But that's not the amazing part...this is: we all love each other. My parents dropped out of college and decided to get married and raise a family together after meeting in band in high school. My mom went to Geneva and my dad attended Westminster both coming from Riverside High School. After moving to Tennessee for a year they moved back to Beaver Falls because they were expecting their first child (me). 19 years later the whole Brenner family lives within 30 minutes of each other. My mom was adopted and never met her birth parents, but has a great relationship with the man that adopted her.

I guess that is how I'm weird. I love to hang out with my family, especially my immediate family (mom and dad). I've dated girls who have single mothers and single fathers, girls who spend the weekends an hour away because their parents couldn't make it work. My room mate has two families also: his father remarried and his mom lives alone. Reading these essays and talking to these people the same argument always arises "you wouldn't understand". Actually, I'm glad I don't understand. I say I do but when it comes down to it, both my parents love me and I love them too.

I have one set of parents, who have been together for the better part of 25 years. They've never been divorced they never fight, my dad doesn't spend the weekend away just to get away, and I don't understand why some kids don't love their parents.