Saturday, July 12, 2014

Relationship Reflection

Relationships are key to the dynamics of personal involvement. There are specific cases with each relationship that differ it from the next with another person. Relationships are important to the validity of healthy development.

Besides family members whom I share a relationship with, there are also co-workers and other military spouses that I share a relationship with.

Relationships are built on the common similarities between parties and with work and our personal life, my co-workers and other military spouses share a strong bond.

The parts that can prove to be most difficult are starting the relationships and then when the relationship hits a stage where it's borderline ending.

Relationships with my family are the most important. It is vital that those relationships are the ones that last because I've been raised to always believe that family is of the utmost importance and there is nothing more rewarding. The strongest relationships I have are with my kids. The older they are, the more involved I get and the more we begin to interact. There have been times when it was more difficult to deal with one another, but the result has been rewarding in every aspect.

Maintaining all relationships, especially with friends can be difficult. With family, you're basically stuck with one another, so no matter what happens, they are always there. Friends are more difficult because there is a fine line between friends and the friends that are considered family. These relationships take time and effort to build because you're taking a complete stranger and completely opening up to them in hopes that you can be yourself around this person; it can be difficult to deal with. 

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  1. rainchicJuly 13, 2014 at 2:50 PM

    My family was a military family. I don't remember because my fathers 20 years was over when I was three. I have listened to my mother and I have friends who's husbands are away and those bonds they develop with other woman is essential. I appreciate your families commitment. I agree we don't pick our family they are given to us, but we pick our friends. Through those established relationships they too can become family.... Nice job!

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