Dos

Hey everyone. Okay so something that we talked about in class this week that I have been thinking a lot about is boundaries. A boundary is like a fence that we put up around ourselves or around our relationship with others. There are three main types of boundaries: a rigid boundary (which is like a brick wall or fence), a clear boundary (which is like a picket fence), and an open boundary (which is like fence posts in the ground, with no actual fence up). It is important for us to have boundaries in every relationship that we have. The type of relationship (the closeness we have with the person or the amount of information that we share with the person) will determine what kind of boundary we have in our relationship. I have been thinking about my relationships and the boundaries that I have in them, and I challenge you all to do the same. It has been an interesting experience for me to evaluate my relationships and see areas where I can be more open with someone, and also areas that I might need to close the relationship up a little bit. I hope your findings are as interesting to you as mine are to me.

Numero Uno

Hello. Okay so this is my first official post discussing families. I think that the family is the most important thing in the world today. More important than money, cars,a house, or anything else. Without a family, life is not worth living. Now I know that there are people out there who do not have a family for some reason or another (death, poor decisions, etc.) but that does not mean that you do not or cannot have a family. I think that a family is more than a Dad, Mom, brothers and sisters. I believe that a family is much more than that. I believe that you can have close friends who become your family. I believe that total strangers who come into your life and help you or make a difference in your life can become family. Just because you don't have a typical "family" this does not mean that you do not have a family. We are all a part of the family of an Eternal Father in Heaven. We are His children, and therefore we are all family and I think we need to treat each other as such. Too often we spend our time fighting with our neighbors or competing with those around us and looking down on those who are less fortunate than us. We (the world) need to stop judging others and comparing ourselves with everyone and just be ourselves. We need to love those around us and look at the good in them. I know that as I have tried to do this I have been happier and my life has been better. That's not to say my life is easy or that I don't have challenges, because I do, but it means that I have a different perspective on how I view things, and I love it! I know that if you try to do this, your perspective with change and happiness will come into your lives.

Me

Hey everyone, welcome to my blog. My name is Kennedy and I LOVE my wife! We were married on July 23, 2010 in the Cardston, Alberta temple.It was the best day of my life, and I have loved every minute of being married. We started dating in high school and then she wrote me while I served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Argentina. I got home in February and 5 months later we sealed the deal. I am a student at BYU-Idaho majoring in Marriage and Family Studies and minoring in Photography. I love sports, especially basketball and football, photography, movies, and spending time with friends and family. What I hope to do here is share some of my thoughts and insights about life, and specifically families and how to strengthen them, and how the gospel of Jesus Christ can help us accomplish this. If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to ask and share what you have to say.