I would like to talk about a very special friend to my family since not just my childhood but my parents childhood, mom in particular’childhood as well. To begin with, there’s a little story that’s associated with this. So my granny used to go make cloth. Uh, this is where she met my uncle. That is my family friend. They both became bestest to friends. He was also close to my granddad. They would cook together, send uh, foods to each other’s family. My family was Hindu and theirs was Muslims so they got to exchange wide varieties of food. His children and my parents, his children and my mom became the closest of friends. They also went to the same school, they got their first jobs together. They basically best friends and inseparable to my fortunate life. I can call it. I can call myself fortunate enough because their children and me, their children and myself are the bestest of friends. He’s basically like my elder brother. His always been there for me through thick and thin. He encourages me to learn and do so many things. For example, he teaches me how to do my self defense or he picks and drops me to my boxing classes. Uh, in addition to this, he ensures that I am bold enough to face the society. Uh, in spite of being a girl I must know to defend myself is what he always ensures of his like a back support and elder brother I never had. I’m um, very grateful to God for sending this God’s gift. In all in all he, they have become more closer to us than our own blood relatives. In my future also, I hope and pray that my future generation and their future generation will continue to have this bond and this go inseparable.
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I would like to talk about a very special friend to my family, not just from my childhood, but from my parents' childhood, my mom's in particular. To begin with, there's a little story associated with this. My grandmother used to make cloth. That's where she met my uncle, who is our family friend. They became the best of friends. He was also close to my grandfather. They would cook together, sending food to each other's families. My family was Hindu and theirs was Muslim, so they got to exchange a wide variety of food. His children and my parents, especially his children and my mom, became the closest of friends. They also went to the same school and got their first jobs together. They were basically best friends and inseparable, a fortunate part of my life. I can call myself fortunate because their children and I, their children and myself, are the best of friends. He's basically like my elder brother. He's always been there for me through thick and thin. He encourages me to learn and do so many things. For example, he teaches me self-defense or picks me up and drops me off at my boxing classes. In addition to this, he ensures that I am bold enough to face society. He always emphasizes that despite being a girl, I must know how to defend myself. He's like a back support and the elder brother I never had. I'm very grateful to God for sending this God's gift. In all, they have become closer to us than our own blood relatives. In my future, I hope and pray that my future generation and their future generation will continue to have this bond and remain inseparable.
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