What an amazing week this has proven to be here in our marriage and family relations class. I really don’t know where to start as we talked about something that has really been hitting home with me. Dating courting marriage and things along those lines. It is interesting how this book was written to show us first the importance of getting involved keeping people’s sexuality in order, the how important it is to get involved or date and then fall in love with someone before finally it starts talking about how you select a life partner. I admit when I started this class I was wondering what sort of things I could gain for my personal career. Now that I have been blessed to have been in this class and am in reality learning little things that could help in my job. The biggest thing is how much of a blessing it is and that I am coming to realize it is to be able to use this in the most important decision in my life… in all eternity. It has helped answer so many different questions of how and what and when and why different things have happened and a better understanding of the human nature. I mean why is it that we react to different people but slowly start to lose interest, yet with other people we never lose that or that initial awe and feeling of friendship. I have often wondered why it was that so many people feel like they are in love or even know what love is and that they are in love. Are they sure it’s not just a fling but a real thing. I know that even though we can’t give exact reasons or specifications on what love is I feel that after learning about how we react with a person and reading and better understanding of what kind of feelings we get for different situations allow us to at least have a better idea of what to watch out for. As Brother Williams said we probably understand love better than anyone else on campus. Even though I feel like there is a lot still for me to learn I do believe that is true. Never really before have I realized that often situation or things a person does is what we might love. That being in situations can arouse our feelings not just the person. For example we talked about a study were people were asked how attractive the person next to them was before and after. The research showed that for the most part they would rate them more attractive after because of the feeling and exhilarating feeling of the roller coaster. Crazy to think of but a true study, so for me it shows that we need to evaluate situations where we feel in love us a thing call the RAM (Relationship Attachment Model). This is a model where we look at different things starting from how we know so much and then move up  to trust and then rely and then commitment and then touch. With these things we want to slowly move each up and then we can tell how much of an attachment there is… and this is only one of the many tools were talked about that help us better understand not only what love is but how much we are in love. Actually answering a lot of questions that I have been having more and more and I am so grateful the lord has placed me in this class! I know everything that happens, happens for a reason and this is really nice lessons for eternity. I truly feel blessed.