Marriage and family are two things that go hand and are two things that have interested me for a very long time. I am currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science with a Marriage and Family Studies minor at Brigham Young University Idaho, and this blog is part of a Marriage class I am taking. For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be married, and I have wanted to be a mother. I can't think of anything else that consumed my thoughts more than those two things.
As luck would have it, I was able to marry the man of my dreams and have beautiful children. I am very lucky I married my best friend. If I could teach my children one thing, it would be to choose the "right" one. Who you marry is the most important decision you will ever make. Life will be hard, but marriage should not be. It shouldn't feel like work. Not to say it's always easy, but it should be the best part of your life. It should also be the strongest relationship in your life. Stronger than the bond you have with your parents or even your children. Put them first and you will be able to handle anything.
Unfortunately, 2018 is a very difficult time to have a successful marriage. As we learned in out readings, divorce is prevalent everywhere you look. It is has become so common, and more people than ever are deciding to give up on their marriages. President Spencer W. Kimball said "Now I ask the Lord to bless you. These things worry us considerably because there are too many divorces and they are increasing. It has come to be a common thing to talk about divorce. The minute there is a little crisis or a little argument in the family, we talk about divorce, and we rush and see an attorney. This is not the way of the Lord. We should go back and adjust our problems and make our marriage compatible and sweet and blessed."
But we can have hope! President Dallin H. Oaks has taught "A good marriage does not require a perfect man or a perfect woman. It only requires a man and a woman committed to strive together toward perfection." We needn't be perfect, we just need to try! I hope as you read this blog, you will find it uplifting and gain a greater knowledge of what it means to have a successful marriage. Come on this journey with me, I have a lot to learn as well, so let's do it together!
https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/spencer-w-kimball_marriage-divorce/
https://www.lds.org/ensign/2007/05/divorce?lang=eng
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