Hi Everyone!

Thanks for joining me on this journey.  I will be coming up with questions about marriage and the family as related to individual lives and society. Then I will be giving my take on these questions as I learn more and more about about the American family through recent studies.  There are so many studies and statistics out there, so i will be selective and choose those with sound research behind them.  My goal in doing all this is to make things simple to learn for the average reader.  Additionally I may add a quote here or there that I really like.  I mean, it's my blog, so it will probably reflect the things I like and find inspiring.  Don't worry though, I won't make it into my personal Pinterest page...

So a little about me.  I am a student at Brigham Young University Idaho in the Marriage and Family Program to become a Counselor.  Many have shared variations of the thought, "The more I learn, the less I know".  More and more lately I have come to understand this idea.  If anyone is expecting me to know more than the smallest fraction of almost any concept, they will be disappointed.  No one person I have met has all the answers, but many together have many answers.  I just hope to be able to provide some of those answers, or even at least to spark some good questioning in myself and others. It's taken me 3 colleges and 10 years to find out what I want to do, where I want to make my mark.  I've always known I want to have a good, strong and happy family, be a provider, and help others.  Now that I've found what I want to do, I'm not sitting still.  

A few quotes that stir my soul:

"If you were all alone in the universe with no one to talk to, no one with which to share the beauty of the stars, to laugh with, to touch, what would be your purpose in life? It is other life, it is love, which gives your life meaning. This is harmony. We must discover the joy of each other, the joy of challenge, the joy of growth." - Mitsugi Saotome

"The longing of the human heart is often for someone who will treat tenderly the devotion one has to give" -Barbara B. Smith

"Don't demand things that are unreasonable, but demand of yourself improvement" Russell M Nelson

"Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved."  -Thomas S. Monson