Here is to new beginnings

Hello!!!!! WE MADE IT! Can you believe it ? Another semester completed. This semester has been so different and unique but so rewarding. I am very glad for everything that happened and all the new things that I have learned. My teacher told us that this doesn’t have to be the end. And I agree ! This won’t be the last blog post from me, I promise that! 

    I have found such a fun love for writing blogs ! It is so fun for me. It’s a way I can just talk and nobody really has to listen if they don’t want to. It’s like a giant journal. 

    If I am being completely honest when I added Family Relations to my schedule, I really didn’t know what I was getting myself into. My thought process went something like this, “ oh crap I need to start some classes for my minor in Marriage and Family studies.” I get on a grad planner and I see the words ,” Family Relations”. And the rest is history. 

    I have learned so much just in this class. I feel like I took this class at the most perfect timing. It was two weeks into the semester and I got engaged. And guess what two weeks later we were talking about dating and courtship, and then the importance of marriage. There could not have been a better time for me to take this class. There were so many topics we talked about in class that started great conversation for my fiancé and I. I am very grateful for that because I would not even know where to start. Some of the things and lessons we talked and learned about I didn’t not even realize how important it is to talk about those things with your spouse. 

    The last lesson we learned in this class was about divorce. This is a strong topic for me, because well frankly I lived it. My parents got divorced when I was in 5th grade. My life was completely flipped upside down. I was in shock, and I did not know how to cope. I felt as nothing good was ever going to come out of my parents divorce but boy was I wrong. 

    When I first started dating, I had the mindset that I will not settle for nothing but the best. I did not want to end up like my mom and dad. So making sure that I found the right eternal companion was very high in my list. I dated a lot of boys. Meaning I went on a lot of dates with a lot of boys. I wanted to see what I liked and what I didnt like. I felt as because I was so picky then I was never going to find a husband because of my high standards. But boy was I wrong. Here I am 20 and I’m getting married in 45 days. If you asked a year ago Sydnee I would laugh in your face. I was dating a different guy and I knew that guy wasn’t the one, but there I was in a committed relationship. 

    If there is any advice I can give to anyone. It is to follows your promptings, and the spirit. They never leave you astray. After I got out of the relationship I mentioned above, 2 ½ weeks later I met my soon to be fiancé. 

    Taking this class I have learned that things are going to be hard, but you can get through anything. Relationships are hard. Relationships are something that you have to continually work on. There has to be effort from both sides. Once you and your partner are both giving 100% then things will go smoothly. I say smoothly instead of perfect because nothing in this world is perfect. There are going to be trials that year and wear on relationships. But if you have that solid foundation to begin with. Then you will be ok. 

    Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read these ! I hope everyone keeps doing well, and strives to be the best possible.