Definition:FamilyWearealwayshavingatthetipofourtonguestheword"family".However,noteverybodycanunderstandthemeaningofthiswordaccurately.Mostofususeittoexpresstheconceptof"parents"orour"livingplaces".But,doesthiswordsimplyrefertoagroupofrelatives?Orjustahousewelivein?Iwouldarguethatneitherofthemisthecorrectdefinitionof"family".Family,toputitsimply,isaplacewherepeopleloveandhelpeachother.It'scommonlybelievedthatonlythosewhohavegeneticconnectionswitheachothercanformafamily.However,asamatteroffact,familycanneitherberestrainednorbesustainedbygeneticconnection.Itisoftenthecase,especiallyintheconsequenceofadisaster,thatagroupofpeoplewithoutanybloodtiesestablishafamily,inwhichtheyhelpeachotherandtrytoleadabetterlifetogether.Theydon'thaveanyconnectionsbefore,buttheyformfamiliesonthebasisoflove.Onthecontrary,therearealsosomeso-calledfamilieswherepeopledohavegeneticconnectionsbuttheyhardlythinkabouttheirlovingones,instead,allthattheycareforisthemselves.Tobehonest,a"team"ofthiskindisjustfarfrombeinga"family".Apartfromnogeneticconnectionrestraint,anotherconspicuousfeatureofafamilyislove.AsIsaidabove,thesustainingofafamilycannotrelyongeneticconnection.Then,whatcanwecountontomaintainaharmonyandlastingrelationshipinafamily?Frommypersonalperspective,loveisthemostcrucialandessentialfactor.Onceuponatime,Iheardofanexplanationforthewordfamily:fatherandmotherIloveyou---pickupthefirstletterofeverywordandyouwillget"family".Ican'tagreemoreonthissimplebutwonderfulexplanation.Justimagineafamilywithoutlove,howhorribleitwillbe.Everyonecaresaboutnothingbuthisorherowninterestandnevershareanythingwithothermembers.Withoutlove,afamilywouldjustbesomestrangerslivinginacoldhouse.Tosumup,familyisaplacewhereitsmemberscanfindloveandcarewhenevertheyneeditandwherevertheyare.