Hopefully you have learned or at least found something I have shared with you insightful. In my first blog post I mentioned that I wanted to find the facts that would help us in our families. So that we might have healthier and happier relationships. I have tried my best to do so!
We've talked about family cultures and how important it is to make your family's one worth validating, about how research doesn't always tell the whole truth but can provide some useful insight, and how men and women are incredibly different but complementary to each other. As well as the importance of quality dating so that you can have a quality marriage, and through that dating, finding out if they're "the one". We've even talked about actual marriage and the importance of a healthy sex life in that marriage. Children have been mentioned, fatherhood, parenting, and hopefully lots of other helpful and enlightening material.
None of us are perfect at relationships. Romantic or platonic, family or friend, relationships are the glue that hold humanity together. But the most important relationship that we can be a part of in this life and the next, is the family. This is the relationship that can bring us the most joy, help us feel the most loved, and connect us in ways we didn't think possible. Through families I firmly believe that we find out exactly what it means to be whole. We also learn what it means to thrive and not just survive. Family gives us something to live for.
This incredibly important and sacred union is becoming less and less apart of society. We have forgotten what it means to commit and to be responsible. Too many people think that they can play house and get the same results. But research, and the state of our society, has proven again and again just how false that is. Men and women both deserve happily ever after, and so do their kids. That ending however, only exists in a family where the mom and dad are wholly committed and married to each other, where they strive every day to love their spouse unselfishly. And where they take equal responsibility in raising their children in love and respect. These relationships don't have to be perfect, in fact it is impossible for that to happen. It is possible however, to give your 100% best effort.
"What matters most is what lasts the longest, and families are forever." - M. Russell Ballard. This quote reminds us that family is really the only constant in life. Friends, money, jobs, houses and toys, they all come and go. But our family will always be our family. We can either do what we need to and have happy and healthy families, or we can sit back and let our families fall apart and society along with it. Society needs families! We all need to do our part and make sure that we, as well as our kids, are well informed on how to best help our families. There is a reason this information exists, it's to help us!
We should all be informed about our own needs (both physical and mental) as well as our spouse's and kids' needs (mentally and physically.) Knowing what is needed can help us identify what tools are needed to fix problems, or what words can be said to mend hearts. We all can and should do better, but I am so thankful for those that do try! Your efforts don't go unnoticed and they are greatly appreciated! Thank you so much for reading, it means the world to me.