Families. What makes up a family? In the past, the definition of a family was simple. It was a mom, a dad, and their children, with grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins mixed in. Now, there are so many definitions of a family that you can't even really have a definition or someone will get offended.

But I don't really want to talk about the numbers so much. When I first started this blog, I thought I could be super objective and that I could write in a secular way about families. However, I've discovered that I can't really do that, at least not all the time. Because for me, families aren't just a fundamental unit of society. They are a fundamental reason for life. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and we believe that families are a central reason for being alive in this world. I believe that if you do it right, families make you happy. I know that my family makes me happy, both the family that I grew up in, and the family that I started when I got married to my husband in April. I believe that a family that is made up of a mom, a dad, and (hopefully) children is the best model. The thought of the millions of people in this world who don't have a family to go through life with makes me so, so sad. My family means everything to me, and my greatest desire in life is to have a happy family. That is what I want to do. I would like to have a career as a Child Life Specialist or simply a preschool teacher, but I won't be disappointed if that doesn't happen. In fact, I will be disappointed if it does, because that will mean that for some reason, I wasn't able to have kids or I wasn't able to be a stay-at-home mom. I'll talk more about that in my next post. Anyways, there are a few of my thoughts about family.