This document summarizes the author's family relationships. Though she has no blood relation to her step-father, step-sister, or mother's best friend Michelle, she considers them her family. Communication is important among her family members who live throughout Maine. Family rituals like holiday dinners and an annual Florida trip help bond them. The author provides humor and her sister Courtney worries, while their mother is the head of the household. The author's father passed away when she was young, strengthening the bond between her, her mother, and sister.