This quote really expresses how important relationships are to me. My friends and my family members make my life so much more full-filling. The relationships that are important to me are my friendship with my best friend Britt, my connections with my Mom and Dad and brothers, and the relationships with my husband and kids. When I think about these relationships each one provides something special in my life. My best friend, Britt, has been a friend since preschool. We have grown up together and shared so many experiences. We have laughed and cried. She is someone who I have been able to confide in and talk with about anything.
My parents and my brothers have been a source of support for me. When I have an important decision to make, I still talk to them for guidance and support.
My relationships with my kids are the ones that give me the greatest sense of joy and accomplishment. The love that I feel for them is unlike any other that I have in my life.
The relationship I have with my husband is the one however that I would characterize to be the most like a partnership. Our relationship is one of give and take, trust, mutual love and support.
Relationships take work to maintain. Through experience I have found that there are some things that help to build relationships. First, both sides need to contribute. Second, good communication is an essential element. Finally, there also needs to be a feeling of trust and a commitment to make the relationship work.
In the same way in which I have maintained relationships in my personal life, I have used the same commitment in my work in the early childhood field. I work to establish relationships through communication and trust with children, co-workers, families and others.
Terri, I love the quote you began your post with. It really does sum up the meaning of our lives and our relationships. I also believe that the quality of lif you try to live determines the quality of the relationships we build. I did not mention my biological family much in my post. It's as if "its' a given" that our relationships with our relatives are positive, beneficial and supportive. I am most in awe of the family we have created for and with our children among non-relatives. They play such an important role in my life that I would be lost without them. You can't choose your relatives...to a degree...but I consider creating family is the best DO OVER!! LOL!
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