Divorce

Divorce is a major thing in the United States today. A lot of couples today are getting divorced because either they got in a hurry to get married and weren't ready for the commitment or they were young and in love and then fell out of love. I know what it is like to have your family go through the crisis of a divorce. It is every single emotion put together; happy, sad, angry, and many others. My parents got divorced when I was in the 5th Grade. It was devastating. I would cry myself to sleep many of those nights. I was young and didn't realize what all was going on. I would lay in my bed, just hoping that they would some day get back together, but when Andrew, my mom's boyfriend, and Stacy, my dad's wife/my step mom, I knew for sure there was no going back to the older days. It was very hard to get used to this new life that was now taking place. I had problems liking my new step mom, because it was so different and I didn't like the fact of having a step mom. She wasn't my mom, she didn't give birth to me, so why? I soon became totally fine with it and we get along so great. I also had trouble with Andrew because he wasn't my dad, but I soon got over that. Andrew and Stacy are like my second parents, they are always here for me and they are always there for me when the other parent may not be. It took me awhile to get used to this, but I love them and they are just a part of my family as my mom and dad are. I think divorce has its happy moments and its sad moments. Divorce can be a happy time for those that have been abused and for the upcoming, great days of joy with your new member in the family. Divorce can be sad for the kids that miss mom or dad like crazy. I never really liked talking about divorce because it was so hard to deal with, but when Amanda had the same problems later on, I think it helped us both out. It helped us out because we knew that we had at least one person that we could talk to it about besides our parents.

Marriage

For many couples, marriage is a major deal for them. It's when they say their vows and promise to be there for each other no matter what. It's when they say those big words, "I do." Weddings are always fun to go to and watch, because they are so cute. It is really a joyful day for them. Every girl dreams of this day, with the perfect husband and that gorgeous dress that was made especially for them. I know I have always dreamed of the day I get married because it will be a very special day. I don't plan on it anytime soon, but just the thought makes it seem like a fairytale. I think it is really sad for the women that just get married because they got knocked up, but then again it was their fault. These women won't ever find their prince charming and they will get stuck with this guy. Its sad that some just marry the other just because he is the father of her child. It is a good thing that they are staying together as parents, but sometimes it could lead to a divorce. I think all these teenage girls that are getting pregnant are thinking they can handle the world, but it's sad when they actually realize it's so much harder than they thought. Some couples really are that "meant to be" couple and will eventually get married and have a great life. Isn't this what all of us hope for, this great life. Everyone dreams of having everything perfect, but not all the time will everything be perfect. That's just how life is. You have your ups and downs. I like the song "God Gave Me You" by Dave Barnes because in the lyrics it says "God gave me you for the ups and downs. God gave me you for the days of doubt. For when I think I've lost my way. There are no words here left to say, it's true. God gave me you." This song has a lot of meaning to it. I think of married couples when this song plays, because God gave you someone to help you make it through your ups and downs. He gave you someone to help you for your days of doubt. God gave you that special person to spend your life with and to love. God gave you them.

Electronic Communication

Electric communication has drastically changed lately. There are many different technologies now that our generation is using now, such as Facebook, Twitter, Skype, and cell phones. All of these are used by a lot of our generation. It seems as if they are that person's whole life and that they can't live without some of these technologies. They are constantly on them 24/7 and its like there whole world in their hands. It is sad with how we are becoming more reliant with electronic communications instead of having a face to face communication. I believe a lot of this electronic communication has gotten out of hand. People are using this as their main resource, and either on Facebook all day, texting constantly on their phone and not thinking anything of how far away from life that it is taking them. By doing this it is making them feel like they are in their own little world. Communication has changed so much from back in the older days. It will continue to change and I'm afraid that it will change drastically that they won't know how to communicate in the future because it will get so out of hand. Texting has gotten really out of hand because kids in school are on their phones a lot and they get to caught up in their texting world that they don't care. They get so attached to this little tiny thing and it's causing major problems in kids. Kids now a days are asking for cell phones because their friends have one, and most of these kids are in elementary. It is crazy and kids think that their phones are their whole life and they get caught up with their phones and they forget what being a kid is all about.

Personal Communication

Personal Communication is very important, because its good to be able to talk and say the right things. Talking face to face is a also very important to because people now a days are more likely to chat on Facebook or on social networking. Social networking is becoming the new way of communication in this generation. I don't believe that social networking is a good thing because you may not be spelling right or using the correct form of English. Social networking is changing the lives of many people and is changing the way we communicate. We need to rely on talking face to face more than social networking because when we do job interviews social networking is not going to help us through a job interview. It may be fun to people to chat on Facebook or Skype but that isn't going to help us through what life throws at us. I think we need to change this because if it gets bad now, think of how it could get in 5 to 10 years. It will completely change how face to face talking is going to effect the next generation. They won't be able to talk face to face well because they will be relying on social networking. This will be hard for them because they won't know how to do that right because of relying on social networking. Also down the road it will just keep getting worse and worse.