My anchor in life has been my family.

When I was a minor, I must say that my family anchored me, or at least gave it their all to do so.  

As parents, they had a rather difficult job to accomplish this, but they did the best they could, and I feel they did a pretty darn good job.  Then, to complete my family and further my grounding, came my two sisters, Kathy and Judy.  This family of four was my anchor.  I depended on them for my happiness, health, security, and above all, love.

Then, when I became a teenager, I still appreciated my family as those to keep me grounded.  At that time, I also met my life partner, Art, and had yet another grounding factor.  I must say I depended heavily on these people as my anchor.  I had many decisions, such as what direction I would be best fit for in a job, whether or not to participate in school activities, and later on, whether or not to go on to school.  Because of these people in my life, my decisions were influenced by them.