One of the most important things I learned this week was covenant vs. contract. Covenant is where the superior sets terms and the inferior accepts or declines. A contract is where two parties decide the terms together. We learned this at the beginning of the semester but coming to an end now I think it is important to be reminded. Talking about marriage in today’s society is more of a contract than a covenant. When it should be the exact opposite. Today a marriage contract is easier to get out of than a housing contract. That is crazy! Marriage is a hard thing. It is hard by design, it is not natural. When I get married I hope to have a happy marriage and have no divorce. Something that I have come to know is that generations are following their parents if there is divorce. I want to stop a cycle and keep married. 70% of people who have divorced, after 2 years think that their marriage could have been saved. So I suggest for you to wait to get divorced and see if you can fix things instead of giving up.

        We learned about blending families this week also and it was interesting because I am from a blended family and every situation is different. My dad has not adopted my three half brothers and sisters but they still call him dad. Something that I found really interesting was that some people did not know that their siblings were half. I think this is so weird because I don’t even remember wondering if they were half but I just know. I think it could be because they are white and I am Asian but I don’t really think so. It was really cool to hear someone else’s experience with blended families. I really liked this class and I feel like I have learned more than in any class before! I hope to continue learning and apply what I have learned to my life.