In Summary...

 This is my last blog! This has been such an amazing semester for me and I have learned so much about parenting, dating, marriage, communication, etc. I am so excited to continue learning about marriage and family through my schooling and am excited to one day be a marriage and family counselor. I hope through all of this some of you have at least learned one new thing that can hopefully be implemented into your life, bring you more compassion for others, and improve your marriage or relationships. I know from this semester I have learned so many different things that I am implementing into my life or hope to implement into my future marriage and as a future mom. 

The things that probably meant the most to me out of all of this was how to better come to decisions with your spouse, homosexuality, letting your children learn from their natural consequences, and how many children one should have. I made a blog on each one of these things if you would like to go and read them. They are called “The importance of thoughtful decisions about how many children one allows to come into one's family,” “A Different Perspective on Homosexuality,” “The Best Way to Make Decisions! I'll Give You a Hint! It's not Compromising!!,” and “Parenting!” These four things have helped me to better understand how I can be a better mom, be a better wife, have more compassion for those who struggle with homosexuality as well as better understand my brother who struggles with it, and to have more faith in God in regards to how many children I should have. This quarter has taught me so much on compassion for others, relying on the Lord because He is in all the details of our lives, faith, and the importance of experiences. I am so grateful for these blogs as they will help me remember what I have learned. I can look back on them and remember the things that were of most importance to me because I took the time to write about them. 

This semester, from taking all these marriage and family classes was how I learned that I wanted to be a marriage and family therapist. It excites me so much to be able to continue to learn more about the family and how important it is to our Heavenly Father. I am excited to continue taking and learning more on the subject and to be able to one day help others. Help them see that their marriage is worth saving and that it can be saved, giving them skills and tools that can help them improve their parenting, marriage, or relationship skills, and helping them see how important the family really is.

I have always wanted to be a marriage and family therapist, but never thought it was possible with how badly I wanted to be a mom. But I know now from taking my classes that I can. That it’s a good thing with really good pay and very flexible hours that I can be one. That God has impressed upon my mind that this is a good goal and something that I feel He is leading me to become. I am excited to see what He has in store for me. I know the family is such an important thing to Him and I am excited to become a tool in His hand to helps others. I am excited to learn more about the family and draw closer to Him through my experiences and trails that I know will come as I pursue this. I hope that these blogs will have blessed or helped your lives in some way as they have helped and blessed me! 

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