They say that open communication with your family members makes strong pillars. Strong pillars that may protect your kingdom. I grew up with a family that I might say I could be proud of in such a way that they thought us to be independent. Both my parents work for the government. My Mom is an official in our locality while my Papa is a Military officer. Though my father is a military still we didnt apply its rule to our family, maybe because my mom is the commanding general(kidding) in our house and she did not like it even. During our growing up years my 2 brothers and my sister grew together with my mother while my papa is assigned to another province to do his service. During that time I always have this pride that I have my papa who is a military officer. Someone that could defend me incase that if Im in trouble. I remember When I was in high school I have this schoolmate who got into trouble and this schoolmate of mine went back to school together with his father with his army in full battle gear, of course with that incident my schoolmate went untouchable and most of my schoolmates are scared of him, but not me. I believe that someday when I got into trouble I have my father also to defend me during that time. One day the trouble that I've been expecting came, but since my father is not with us, no one does what the father of my schoolmate did, but surprisingly here comes wonder woman, my mother. Attacking at the principal's office to defend me on what happend. Instead of becoming untouchable and proud, I went to become a teasing guy, Whenever I got into trouble they always telling that I might tell it again to my mom to attack at the principal's office. At that time I feel like that it was a disgrace, it is disgusting just like hiding to my mother's skirt. Since then, whenever I got into trouble I just do it alone my self, without any help from my father whose a military officer, doing unlikely things like joining frat wars, vices, going home late and this is without the knowledge of anyone of my parents most specially my father. But I surpassed everything. Surpassed those wrong things that happened to my life. I thought being independent while solving trouble at your own will make you a better being, but its not... we still need our father our pillar. And if only he knew how much we need him those days maybe we don't have this pride of growing without him, We don't have usual arguments with my siblings. Well... Maybe I should not blame him, because he chose his job rather than his family for us to study and for the living at the same time and that was his choice. What he did was he inspired me not to do it to my future family. At this point of time, as much as possible I want to be a "Hands-On family man". Great communication with my family that would makes us strong.