Good Communication in Relationships is key.

“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone.” 
― Fred Rogers

“The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” 
― George Bernard Shaw

“A beautiful thing happens when we start paying attention to each other. It is by participating more in your relationship that you breathe life into it.” 
― Steve Maraboli

Today in class we learned about decoding/encoding and good communication. Communication is key to a successful relationship it is basically what holds couples together. When we don't have good communication we assume things and that mostly ends in arguments. We must be able to open up to one another and share our opinions, wants, and needs. When you talk about things and put issues out on the table they can be resolved in a peaceful manner.

“Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are -- chaff and grain together -- certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.” 
― Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, A Life for a Life

Just some of my FAVORITE quotes about Families:

“One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.” 
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated

“You must remember, family is often born of blood, but it doesn't depend on blood. Nor is it exclusive of friendship. Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.” 
― Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.” 
― Deb Caletti

“Your children are the greatest gift God will give to you, and their souls the heaviest responsibility He will place in your hands. Take time with them, teach them to have faith in God. Be a person in whom they can have faith. When you are old, nothing else you've done will have mattered as much.” 
― Lisa Wingate

“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.” 
― Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

“Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst.” 
― Marjorie Pay Hinckley

“There is no such thing as a "broken family." Family is family, and is not determined by marriage certificates, divorce papers, and adoption documents. Families are made in the heart. The only time family becomes null is when those ties in the heart are cut. If you cut those ties, those people are not your family. If you make those ties, those people are your family. And if you hate those ties, those people will still be your family because whatever you hate will always be with you.” 
― C. JoyBell C.

Well here we go!! I seriously have never blogged before but I am doing it for my Family Relations class. This should be interesting.. So a little bit about myself, I am from the great state of TEXAS and proud of it. I lived about 20 minutes from Dallas in a town called Rockwall. I laugh more than I breathe and love music. Reciting Nacho Libre quotes is the key to my heart. I have a huge extended family and love every second of it.  Miranda (23) Hillary (20) and Emma (2) are my beautiful sisters and then I have two handsome brothers Austin (14) and Camden (8).  My BEAUTIFUL moms name is Gloria she is married to my step dad Scott! 

    This is me and my dad Andrew:)

             

3 years ago my family grew when my sister married her husband Quinn Smith. Since then they have given me the CUTEST nephew and niece, Rydin and Paisley. I am the luckiest aunt ever!!!

Well that is me in a nutshell. But SO much more to come....