Carlos Almada 4/22/14 Marriage and Family Studies Reflection To be in a marriage and family studies class is to understand what

it is to be human in e ery sense of the word! "umans come from family and family is the only thing that cannot change in a humans life! The sim#le thing is that we do not consciously choose our family during our time here but after the fact does it ma$e sense that we don%t choose anything e&ce#t what we will do with the time that has been gi en' Most of the time families choose to s#end time on (ust that) families) and that ma$es life meaningful' The family s#ends so much time on itself because it is the origin of life and the fountain of fantasy because we $ee# reforming oursel es in it' There is so much to learn) see) and do that we cannot ho#e to do it all as one but as many the reality that something cannot be undone starts to be etched into the memory' Marriage is the inse#erable union of two things that are attracted and charged with energy! The energy one #uts into marriage is the one thing that can be e&#ected to be returned with greater charge than what is #ut in originally! The study of how and why the marriage is made or bro$en is one that deser es a great deal of consideration and thought' *ndeed) it is wise to thin$ the union between man and women is something that cannot be ta$en lightly seeing as how human beings are made by such unions' This course was e&act on the ma(or to#ics that can im#act and im#ede a families de elo#ment' +hat was found most serious was the s#irit in how the family was made and continually culti ated with' The members of the family all ha e an im#act on how or what will be the #riority for the continued growth and mo ement of the members to come' +ords cannot do enough to describe what it is to come from one lineage of #eo#le who ha e laughed) #layed) fought) sought) and died for us to ha e e erything we can use to build a brighter reality for our offs#ring' Those of us who continue the cycle of e&istence are o#en to li e and o#erate with more understanding and com#assion for oursel es and others that will see$ and as$ for all the things we once did with a greater #assion and igor than before until we stand still) eye to eye) and say) * was here and ne er left) only came bac$ as you!