Families and Love

Love is a serious issue and special care is needed to cultivate it and to keep it growing

Category: Love

Why Trust Needs To Be Built Into The Foundation Of Your Relationships

 Why Trust Needs To Be Built Into The Foundation Of Your Relationships                                             Trust Defined According to Oxford Languages. Trust is, “a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something,”. “Relationships have to be built on trust”.                     Trust is one of the Most Important Aspect of a...

What You Need To Know About Mature Love vs Immature Love

What You Need to Know About Mature Love vs Immature Love  Mature Love vs Immature Love The Puppy-Love Stage Puppy-Love Mature love vs immature love begins to develop during the teen years. I remember the term "puppy love" the negative connotation used by my mother. Unfortunately, when I came home from school telling her I was in love. However, to me, it felt real, it made me feel so good inside. Therefore, I couldn't think about anything else,...

How To Begin A Journey Toward Inner-Growth

  Inner Growth   Let's see how to begin a journey towards inner growth. Therefore, to grow into the people we truly want to be. Some of the things I have personally done to develop that growth are as follows; Got to know myself, Began to find myself, I was able to be myself, These three little steps may not seem like much, these are major things you really need to help yourself to develop if you are going to experience inner growth.  I...

Why Weekends Are The Best Days To Talk About Love!

    Why are Weekends the Best Days for Talking About Love   Weekends are that part of the week when loads of people get to lay in bed, or just relax. They may read, watch tv, check out their phones, Facebook, just taking time to be alone if they choose to. I dearly hope you are one of the lucky people who can do these things. However, if it isn't, this blog, is available to everyone any day of the week at any time.    ...

Missing my Grandchildren

Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap. Doug Larson Missing my Grandchildren   Missing my grandchildren as I usually do every day. They are both beautiful children with their unique personalities. One is strong and determined; the other is gentle and smiling all of the time. I miss seeing them. It is truly different being with your grandchildren as opposed to being with your very own children. Having...

What it Means to be Sisters. Part 2

  What it Means to be Sisters. What it means to be sisters, is so unique to everyone and I have my own unique story. The sister closest to me in age was the one I didn’t get along with. We fought a great deal although I hardly remember what the fighting was about. She was daddy’s little girl until I came along and I think it was difficult for her to accept. To make matters even worse, she had to baby sit me. Somehow I felt closer to...

What it Means to be Sisters. Part 1

What it Means to be Sisters. I Have Two Older Sisters. What it means to be sisters is unique to everyone, therefore, there are no rules. I have two older sisters, and, as a result of the age difference they were rarely around as I grew into my teen years. There are memories of them being around when I was a little kid, but there are only a select few. They have told me that they babysat me when I was just a baby and I believe they resented it...

Daughter-in-Law/Mother-in-Law Relationship. Part 1

The Daughter-in-Law/Mother-in-Law Relationship Has it's Challenges. Setting off on the Right Foot.     The daughter-in-law/mother-in-aw relationship has its challenges and is a delicate balance that needs to be well orchestrated. Being a daughter-in-law has its challenges just as being a mother-in-law has. As a daughter-in-law I had a few lessons to learn in order to have a good relationship with my mother-in-law. I believe however, that...

The Mother-in Law/Daughter-in-Law Relationship. Part 2

She is Your Daughter-in-Law, Not Your Daughter. It May Not be The Relationship we Expect it to be.     There is certainly a mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship, however, it is not necessarily going to be relationship we expect it to be. The one significant thing I had to learn to understand, "she is not my daughter. She is my daughter-in-law, not my daughter. This is an adult woman and is her own person. Our lives have newly...

The Mother-in-Law/Daughter-in-Law Relationship” Part 1

              Mother-in-Law /Daughter-in-Law Relationship The Difference Between Conversing With My Sons and/or My Daughter-in Law. The mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship is more familiar to me than the mother-in-law/son-in-law relationship, so I will focus on it. However, some of the same issues apply to both, it's just a bit different when it comes to women. I have been a mother-in-law since 2005, and...