Sunday, October 30, 2005
from Kay
Hi everyone-
First of all- HAPPY BIRTHDAY(yesterday), MAX! We hope you had a happy day and celebrated your years!
It has been a while since I've posted anything on the blog and it seems everyone has gone for a while without posting. For myself, I have been caught up in my busyness of school, work, family and everything else. I feel badly that we didn't really get much time to visit with Larry when he was here- but it happened to fall on a particularly busy schedule week- as well Megan came down with a very bad case of strep throat. Excuses aside, I regret that we haven't had more family time with everyone (conversation and/or visiting by phone, email).
I'm just going to put myself out here to open up some discussion (hopefully)...
First, let me say that since I started my counseling program- because of the nature of what I am studying- I find myself analyzing the dynamics of people, children and families. So along with that, I can't help but really think deeply about myself, family, friends and the dynamics throughout. It really is part of the intention of the program to get us to really explore ourselves and our relationships with others so that we can be more aware and competent when we are in the field and working with others. So, with that being said- guess what? It shouldn't be a surprise that I have myself, my family and my friends all under a magnifying glass as to how we function and our dynamics! But the fact is, I have always been drawn to observing our dynamics- and as you know, I have tried to bring some things out through the years to try to gain some understanding of how we all are. So, let's call this my homework...I'd love to have input on everyone's thoughts regarding our connections as a family; what's made us who we are, how we are with our spouses, children and relationships with each other as siblings and as adult children. I realize I have my own magnifying glass going on extreme right now because of my school, and you may not be interested in or wanting to put your thoughts into this right now, but I'd love it if you guys could consider some thoughts on this topic. As an immediate family (our family of 7), my memories are that we were close, healthy functioning family and shared many family experiences together. As adults, what are our relationships now with each other, as a family? Are we content with what our relationships are? What holds us together? Where do we place each other in our lives? How do we communicate? What do we communicate? How do our lives now effect our relationships with each other? For those of us with spouses and/or children, how do our spouses and/or children influence or effect our views and/or how we communicate?
How do we handle our differences? Just a few questions, feel free to add more if you have your own. Of course, Lynne, George, Whitey and Duane- feel free to jump into this discussion!
Love, Kay
First of all- HAPPY BIRTHDAY(yesterday), MAX! We hope you had a happy day and celebrated your years!
It has been a while since I've posted anything on the blog and it seems everyone has gone for a while without posting. For myself, I have been caught up in my busyness of school, work, family and everything else. I feel badly that we didn't really get much time to visit with Larry when he was here- but it happened to fall on a particularly busy schedule week- as well Megan came down with a very bad case of strep throat. Excuses aside, I regret that we haven't had more family time with everyone (conversation and/or visiting by phone, email).
I'm just going to put myself out here to open up some discussion (hopefully)...
First, let me say that since I started my counseling program- because of the nature of what I am studying- I find myself analyzing the dynamics of people, children and families. So along with that, I can't help but really think deeply about myself, family, friends and the dynamics throughout. It really is part of the intention of the program to get us to really explore ourselves and our relationships with others so that we can be more aware and competent when we are in the field and working with others. So, with that being said- guess what? It shouldn't be a surprise that I have myself, my family and my friends all under a magnifying glass as to how we function and our dynamics! But the fact is, I have always been drawn to observing our dynamics- and as you know, I have tried to bring some things out through the years to try to gain some understanding of how we all are. So, let's call this my homework...I'd love to have input on everyone's thoughts regarding our connections as a family; what's made us who we are, how we are with our spouses, children and relationships with each other as siblings and as adult children. I realize I have my own magnifying glass going on extreme right now because of my school, and you may not be interested in or wanting to put your thoughts into this right now, but I'd love it if you guys could consider some thoughts on this topic. As an immediate family (our family of 7), my memories are that we were close, healthy functioning family and shared many family experiences together. As adults, what are our relationships now with each other, as a family? Are we content with what our relationships are? What holds us together? Where do we place each other in our lives? How do we communicate? What do we communicate? How do our lives now effect our relationships with each other? For those of us with spouses and/or children, how do our spouses and/or children influence or effect our views and/or how we communicate?
How do we handle our differences? Just a few questions, feel free to add more if you have your own. Of course, Lynne, George, Whitey and Duane- feel free to jump into this discussion!
Love, Kay
// posted by duanemeganmarisakayfamily @ 9:57 AM 
