Hi Everyone!
This is my first blog! This is so exciting. I cannot wait to share with you guys my thoughts about different topics each week. I will be sharing MY thoughts and opinions so beware of that as you read my blogs. You may not agree with everything I say and that is perfectly fine. We all have our opinions and differences.This first week we are going to be talking about FAMILIES. What is your family like? Do you have siblings? I have a mom and dad and two sisters. We are all very close and love to be together. I know everyone doesn't have the same type of family as the one I just described. Some may have bigger or smaller family,some may just have brothers or sisters or combined, some may have two moms or two dads, or some may come from a single parent. We all are different and that is perfectly fine. Life would be very different if we were all the exact same. I actually think it would be pretty boring. Everyone comes from a different background. I personally love statistics about families and think that they are very interesting. Let me share some with you. My source is the Lauer&Lauer Book . In 1960, there were 82,000 births to unmarried women but in 2007, there were 643,000. That was mind blowing to me. I feel like when I look back 30 or 40 years back I feel like everyone got married and then moved in together and then had a family. I wasn't born then so I am not one to talk but from stories that my parents and grandparents have shared, that is the picture I imagine.Now in 2020, that is a completely different story. More than 8 out of 10 teenagers become mothers out of wedlock. The rate of marriages have gone down tremendously. In 2009, 31.7 Americans live alone. Think about how much is probably is now. Young adults are not wanting to get married. The divorce rate is 50% so maybe that is the reason why they are not getting married. Something that everyone needs to know is that marriage isn't supposed to be easy all of the time. What would be the point? All of your trials are supposed to just completely stop right when you get married? Nope, life still needs to go on. Marriage is supposed to be to find a partner to help get through trials together and I feel like that is why the divorce rate is so high because people come in with expectations that this is going to be easy all of the time and that if some bump comes along then it is time to get divorced. We need to encourage others to get married and have a family. Family is a wonderful thing. We are told that we need to create lives to be put in this world to let them live their life and to be done in the bonds of marriage.You have these people that you live with that are there for you no matter what. Sometimes in the world, we may feel like you are all alone and that you're having to face the world all alone but just look behind you... you have your family right there. They will be there with you FOREVER and will do anything for you. If you are reading this and feeling like this is not what you feel with your family, then I am here to give you a challenge- Call/text/visit your family this week and have a good conversation with them about getting closer to make it feel like we are all on the same team.
Have a good week! Stay you.
XOXO
-Claire Patera
