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The reading was really interesting to me because like most students I assume in the class I come from a mix family. When my mom married my dad he had seven other children from previous marriages, and then my mom and dad had my brother and me. All together there are nine of us, and just like any family we are all unique. It was almost comical to read the Rs that a step parent should do. I was to young to remember myself, but I have heard and laughed at many of the stories. My mom made a lot of rituals, but I don’t think that they were the type of rituals the article was talking about: every morning my brother would come down stairs tell my mom how ugly she was and walk out the door, she visited the principle so often I am shocked they did not give her perfect attendance in the yearbook or at least a diploma, she picked boys up from prison, sent collage students extra cash when they had spent it one a get rich quick scam, whipped up children after hangovers, and all the while she raised Caleb and me. In all my memories I can not remember her ever talking down one of my half siblings; she did tell me how sad all of their choices made her and that she prayed I would not make the same ones, but she never belittled my brothers or sisters. It did not end there, because she has been to all of the grandchildren baptisms, soccer games, and school plays.
In January my entire family will be worthy to enter the Temple. It has been a long time coming, and there have been many tears, laughter, but above all there has been patience in our home. We waited in the safety of our harbor for my brothers to come home from rehab. We waited for my sister to come home from the hospital. We waited until we could say I love you. We waited, and all the while we prayed. This Thanks Giving as I climb into the car with my carpool group and we all say how excited that we are for Thanks Giving. I can not help but to notice how even compared to my peers at BYU I seem to feel especially grateful for my family, how I seem to want every member of my family to be apart of my life, and how much I feel a sense of belonging when I am among them. This reading was obvious personal to me, I think that any reading about a family is person, and I do not want it to seem as if I feel like my family is the exception or the example, because we are not either. We did make it though, and I think that the reading forgot to mention that part. In all of the paragraphs that it explained what it do it forgot to say why. I know that the only reason my family is still together is because my parents wanted us to all be together, and that is why my mom stayed. I am not the professional, I have only observed my mom, but what I would add to the article is that step parents need to remember why they are there, and if my family can be any hope know that there is hope for mixed families to love and cherish one another.
Thanks again!