"I want your daughter's hand in marriage..."

Today in class we talked about if the guy a girl is seriously dating should ask the girl's father before proposing to her. This really got me thinking. In the past, I guess this wasn't that important to me. But as I pondered it today, I thought how much sense it makes. My Father knows me well. Not only that, but he is an expert at knowing guys and if they are jerks or not. Not that I would be dating a jerk, but I know that my father would be able to tell if the guy was A. Right for me B. Take care of me C. Respect me. I could see a guy a certain way because I was in love with him, but my Dad would be able to see him from a slightly different prospective. When it comes time, I hope the young man will ask my father's permission to marry me.

Homosexuality: The truth

This week we talked about differences of girls and boys and the truth about homosexuality. It was super interesting to me. I use to think being attracted to the opposite gender was like something you were given as a trial. I didn't know that it could start with how things you were as child and then manifest itself. I hadn't really thought about how a boy or girl when touched in a sexual way could get a response from it whether it was done by the same gender as them or not. I guess are body doesn't know the differnce. It just responds. It's really sad to me that sometimes give boys negative feedback when they present a charateristic that isn't thought of as "male." A student in class talked about how some of the traits that are generally thought of as female Jesus possessed. And don't we all male or female want to have the characteristics that Christ had. Like I mentioned earlier, this was all very interesting to me and I'm glad that I got the oppurtunity to know the truth about homosexuality and was able to change what I thought.

I am very excited about creating a genogram for my family. As I sat in class today, I already made some connections. I am so thankful that I have the oppurtunity to take this class. I am learning so much.

My Family Rules

This week, we were to write down family rules that we had when we were children. Quite an interesting experience. I'm not surprised that I remember alot of them. Some of them really annoyed me. Like having to put a toliet seat cover on public rest room toliets. My mom really insisted on this one. I know it was for our own good though. Another one I disliked was not being able to leave the table until my carrots were eaten. I hated carrots and to this day I hate them. Each family has their own rules. Someday I will make my own rules for my family.