Unseen happiness(Meena) "The voice in my head insists, 'I love my happy family of three members.' But as I walk down the stairs, I can't help but turn towards the wall, where the family photos hang. My heart sinks as I scan the smiling faces, searching for my own. But I'm not there. Not in a single picture. The frames hold only three faces, the same three faces that are supposed to love and support me. My parents and my little sister, all smiling and happy, without me. The voice in my head echoes again, 'Three members...' but I know the truth now. They mean three, excluding me. I'm the invisible one, the one who doesn't belong."
the same time, I had a classmate who always talked about her perfect family. She would share stories about her parents' love and support, and how they always had family game nights and vacations together. I was envious of her seemingly ideal family life.

One day, I went to her house without telling her, and what I saw shocked me. Her parents were yelling at her, belittling her, and making her feel small. The house was messy, and there was no sign of the happy family she had described. I realized that her perfect family was just a facade, and she was hiding her pain.

Now I saw the complete truth and realized that maybe this is what a "happy family" looks like. I thought to myself, "If this is the truth, then I had a happy family." No one has a perfect family, and everyone is struggling in their own way.

As I was lost in thought, the other girl saw me outside her house and quickly turned around and went away. I understood that she was trying to hide her truth, just like other

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