Week Two.. Different Way of Thinking

So this class is so interesting to me. I love that it is so deep into something that i have been watching my whole life. Families. I have one, my friends have one, all my loved ones have one. I am surrounded by them and yet i have no idea anything about them. But this class is making me think about them in a completely new way. My family has so many different theories and systems for why it is the way it is. we learned about symbolic interaction, conflict, and exchange theory.

There are so many factors that create the life that we know and love so much. My family is the center of everything and to think that i never took the time to think why? what makes my family the rock it is in my life? what would it be like if it was different? i cant help but feel so thankful for the family i have.

We learned all about boundaries between different family members. i loved this idea because it makes so much sense. there is so much things that we dont talk about, that we do talk about, and that we just dodnt know. I love that nothing in my family is rigid. nothing is left without communication or understanding. looking at my family, i feel so blessed to only see the good things in our studies. My family is clear with its boundaries. I have had such a wonderful life and i know it is because of the hard work of my parents. of the gospel in my life. Of the love in my life.

i especially loved the memories that came because of the time i took to think about my siblings and how close we are. I realized how our relationships have changed. and how close i have become with them all. how growing up in such a terrible world, have brought us closer together. has bonded us in our efforts to return to heaven together. to live together forever.

i wouldnt change my family for anything. i love everything about my family. this class is making me miss them, making me wanna go back home and hold them close. i feel so sad for those families that dont feel the love that i do. the struggles that others are battling in a household. i cant imagine. but i love that there are ways of fixing these struggles. its nice to know that even the most horrible hardships, there can still be hope.




my favorite quote of this week was,
"You cant get enough of what you do not need, because what you do not need will never satisfy you."

My family is everything that i need and without them, i dont think i would be the person that i am today.

i love this picture... hahaha my dad was taking it so he wasnt in it. 

i love the idea that my family is an eternal unit and that i can be with them forever.