Relationship Reflection

• Relationships are important to me because that is what has helped and what helps make me the person that I am today.  There are several people in my life that I have a meaningful relationship with and am a better person because of them as well as being blessed by having them in my life. 

• My husband Mark, my three sons - Stephen - 17, Collin - 14, and Zachary - 13, my mother, and many other friends and family.  I also am blessed by my relationship with my Savior.  I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.  Phillippians 4:13  I believe that with all my heart!  All of these relationships are important to me, but in different ways.  I am blessed by the relationship that I have with each of these mentioned and know that when I need any one of them, they are there for me.

• My husband, also a minister, is my encourager.  He listens to me, helps me, lifts me up when I feel like I want to give up, and loves me for who I am. 
• I have a great relationship with my children and they know that I am there for them whenever they need me.  I have always been told that I have the most loving and caring children and that it is rare for boys at the ages that they are now to still be this way.  I feel that they are this way because of the relationship that we have shared and continue to share over the years.
• My mother has always been a loving, caring and supportive mother and seeing how she loved my father and their relationship before he passed away has always been an inspiration to me.

• I think that communication and honesty has been and is key to all of these relationships.  Spending time with each other is important to me in building and maintaining a healthy relationship.  Everyone needs time together and those are special when it comes to forming relationships and partnerships.  I feel that a challenge in relationships is lack of communication.  Without communication, you are setting yourself up for a multitude of problems.  Find a way to communicate so that you do not create a relationship of misunderstanding or confusion.

• I feel that these relationships are also partnerships becuase of the level of commincation, support and love tht is shared among them all.

• I think that because of my personality and my relationships with my family, I have those qualitities that I can share with others.  My principal calls me "The Nurturer".  I take that as a compliment as I try to share these qualities with my students and hope that the families see this and hear this from their children at home.  I think that this can impact my work becuase relationships are a huge factor in the success of our children at school and in throughout their life.
  
                                     My mother and my oldest son Stephen.
  
  
                                       Stephen and my middle child, Collin.
  
  
                                     My husband, my oldest son, and me.
  
  

My youngest son Zachary and oldest son Stephen.