Comments on: Make Your Family Relationships Special http://familyimpression.com/2006/09/07/make-your-family-relationships-special/ Ideas that strengthen family connections Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:30:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: familyman http://familyimpression.com/2006/09/07/make-your-family-relationships-special/#comment-6 familyman Sat, 09 Sep 2006 18:34:42 +0000 http://familyimpression.com/2006/09/07/make-your-family-relationships-special/#comment-6 <p>I hope and pray for reconciliation at the right time, I do not think any family is totally without some brokenness. My immediate family [spouse and children] I call my family circle. My wife and I compose the inner circle. We do our best to not let anyone break inside our inner circle, even our children. Likewise, we do not let anyone outside our family circle get between our children and us. </p><p> My understanding is that a leaving and cleaving action helps marriages and families stick together. We love our extended family and do our best to find ways to honor our parents with our words; and love our brothers and sisters. In all wisdom, and as a parent, it is best to tend to the needs of the immediate family first. I think most extended family members respect the efforts of their son, daughter or siblings striving to be the best parent they can be.</p> I hope and pray for reconciliation at the right time, I do not think any family is totally without some brokenness. My immediate family [spouse and children] I call my family circle. My wife and I compose the inner circle. We do our best to not let anyone break inside our inner circle, even our children. Likewise, we do not let anyone outside our family circle get between our children and us.

My understanding is that a leaving and cleaving action helps marriages and families stick together. We love our extended family and do our best to find ways to honor our parents with our words; and love our brothers and sisters. In all wisdom, and as a parent, it is best to tend to the needs of the immediate family first. I think most extended family members respect the efforts of their son, daughter or siblings striving to be the best parent they can be.

]]> By: The Pajama Mama http://familyimpression.com/2006/09/07/make-your-family-relationships-special/#comment-5 The Pajama Mama Sat, 09 Sep 2006 16:08:05 +0000 http://familyimpression.com/2006/09/07/make-your-family-relationships-special/#comment-5 Unfortunately, I now have to think of my family as two separate families. There is MY family (my husband and children) and they bring me the warmest, most joyful feeling I've ever know. They amaze and lift me. They are miracles. Then there's my "other" family. The one I grew up in. I believe that one is beyond repair, but when I am finally able to forgive, maybe something will be reconnected. As of now, it's just too painful. They've hurt me too severly. It's better to not have them in my life at this point. I pray for direction and hope this may one day change, but for now, this is how things must be. Unfortunately, I now have to think of my family as two separate families. There is MY family (my husband and children) and they bring me the warmest, most joyful feeling I’ve ever know. They amaze and lift me. They are miracles. Then there’s my “other” family. The one I grew up in. I believe that one is beyond repair, but when I am finally able to forgive, maybe something will be reconnected. As of now, it’s just too painful. They’ve hurt me too severly. It’s better to not have them in my life at this point. I pray for direction and hope this may one day change, but for now, this is how things must be.

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