The Power of United Families

As a Father, a Mother, a husband, a wife it is our responsibility to love and car for our children and each other. Sometimes when we think of family life we think of the following:

It's possible that we think of those things that we do everyday that make up our life, dirty dippers, running kids around town, planning birthday parties, going to PTA meetings, spit up on your shirt and all the wonders of family life. Literature critic Gary Saul Morson said the following "Grand drama and ecstatic moments do not make a life good. life is an everyday affair and the sum total of unremarkable, daily happenings defines it's quality... Many can preform heroic actions in the sight of all, but few possess the courage to do small things right without recognition."  Many times motherhood is looked down in society because it is not considered an achievement, any one can do it and therefore it's not as worthy of recognition. But I think to myself, how many heroic things have mothers done daily for their children that don't go notice, they don't make head lines, nor do they get a gold medal. There must be a reason why the FAMILY is the most important unit in society. 

 It has been proven that family work reveals a profound potential to strengthen and heal relationships "preforming mundane yet essential tasks for those who cannot do so for themselves (children) can create in the absence of pride, a precious connection between giver and receiver. As we figuratively touch each other at the simple level of everyday need, routine acts of service begin to mend feelings and foster unity. 

Service brings a feeling of peace and love for those who we serve, even when that service is to those closes to us. There is something about recalling all those special memories that were created as the family was working together, whether it is putting the Christmas Tree up, or working on the yard. Perhaps the family has taken on a project in the home. When you work together you learn to work with each other around and with their disabilities and strengths.

Family work was once a Norm- before the industrial revolution, families would labor together in the home which was a farm. The sons would usually work with the father outside while the daughters and mother would work inside, doing tasks like laundry, cleaning, canning food from the garden and so on. All this work would cause families to grow closer as the spent so much time together. The Industrial Revolution caused families to spend less time together, children were sent to government facilities to acquire an education, while fathers went to work in the factories.

The church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints firmly believes in the power of families. The purpose for being on this earth is so that we could establish families of our own. It is within the family that we learn to develop patience, love, respect, understanding and above all charity.