Family Relations

Communication is so key to our lives! With our friends and loved ones, when we are driving…everything! Most people just think of talking when they think of communication or maybe social media, texting, phone calls, or emails. However, there are many other ways that we communicate with one another that do not always come to mind right away. It is surprising to many people that we actually use nonverbal communication about half the time. The way we sit, where we place our arms, the look that we have on our face. Do you roll your eyes? Do you slouch in your chair? Are you sitting on your phone while your friend is trying to ask for advice? These are all ways that we send a message to the person we are talking to. Good communication consists of eye contact, perhaps a nod of the head while bad communication consists of many things, including the list above. President Gordon B. Hinckley once said something to the effect, “when it comes to marriage we need to com

There is not a single person on this earth who has not experienced stress or some sort of trial in their life or perhaps is experiencing one right now. We as mortal humans are not immune to difficulties, even though we may have the gospel of Jesus Christ. Life is hard and unfair sometimes and some people just accept that. Others recognize that, and choose to look on the bright side, they choose to be happy and have a positive outlook. Now I think that is the hard part. It’s not easy to have a trial and look at it and be happy with it. Nobody expects us to have a constant smile on our face. Trials, struggles, and sad things happen, but that it how we become better, and that is how we learn to rely on the Lord. Each family that God has created and put on this earth has their ‘thing’ that stresses them out, whether that is a child with a disability, which is more constant, or whether it is a troubled teenager, a scary financial situation, perhaps even a relationship

Sex is everywhere. On the television, on the radio, in the music that we listen to, in the jokes that we hear, it’s on billboards. Sex sells. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints view sex in a very different way than the world. Sexual intimacy is sacred, between man and wife. As is stated in The Family: A Proclamation to the World, “ The first commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God’s commandment for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force. We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.” These are sacred powers that God has given us, and it is so important that we save that for marriage. It is true that our sexual relationship has a lot to do with the quality of the rest of our relationship. I believe that this w