When I think about the way my family functions, it's crazy how much of an affect each and every sibling has on our family. We all work together as a whole and I couldn't imagine it any other way. When I was home for Christmas break, I had my sister just younger than me wish that she could have everyone home all the time. Things just weren't the same anymore since one sister is married and 2 of us are at college. This next Fall semester another one of my sisters will be heading away to school leaving only 2 kids left at home with my parents. It's so crazy how in the span of 2 years our household went from 8 to just 4. Our family has had to learn to adapt to function in a new way now that there are less and less of home.