Recently my family has been going through some rough changes. I am the only single child left out of seven children, this has left a lot of time for observations of married couples on my part. I have come to realize just how hard relationships are to maintain and manage. I have been grateful to gain this perspective and to recognize some great things that have been done and some not so great things that I hope not to do.
Right after my mission, I was about to move back down to Provo and wasn't really looking forward to it. I had signed myself up to live in an apartment of six girls with two bedrooms. My employment was a girl's group home consisting of 9-12 girls at any given time. I felt a little overwhelmed and was expressing my feelings to my sisters. One of my older sisters, who had never moved out prior to marriage, said to me, "You are so lucky to be getting the experiences you are. This is going to help prepare you for marriage, something that I never had."
I didn't want to think she was right but the older I get the more I believe she is.
And so it ties into group projects. What a blessing it is to work in groups, to brainstorm and communicate through an assignment as a group of strangers and to complete a final project as a unit. I have been so impressed with the roles we take as group members and how we fulfill them. One realization, that has rung true before and was reconfirmed through this group project, is that there is no one perfect prototype of a group member. It takes variety and all types of personalities to make a group function. Our group consisted of just that, the perfect balance of leaders and followers to make the project progress with success.
I am grateful for all of these opportunities that continue to enrich the present and prepare me for the future.
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