Sarah Lee Smith Family Analysis

All of Andrew’s family except Tim lives in the Phoenix area. They speak with each other when there are big updates to be given. Today, he reports that they all have a good relationship. Andrew says he is okay with the infrequent communication because he knows they do not have any issues in between them. He sees his sister frequently, often when they get together with their parents. They recently went on a two-week family vacation to visit his brother and his family in Arkansas.

Andrew says he has very positive memories from his childhood. He loved spending summer days over at his grandparents’ house where all of the cousins would get together and play outside. His grandma would make homemade bread and cinnamon rolls (from scratch). Sometimes …show more content…
Sarah is the oldest of the three children born to these parents. Sarah was born and raised mostly in Arizona. Sarah’s father was employed in various jobs including electrical engineering and automotive sales. Her mother was a hairdresser early in her childhood but later she went back to college and became a nurse. Currently, her parents live in Mesa, Arizona. Sarah feels her parents had a good marriage and she has many happy memories of her parents as a couple. She believes that they had a strong marriage that was faith-based with few arguments, Sarah reports that living on a small farm and homeschooling caused some tension in the family but they generally got along very well. Sarah’s believes her parents’ marriage was a good example of the kind of marriage and family that she would want for himself. She reported that they show each other affection even as they have gotten older. She also reports that they moved to live closer to them and now live in the same …show more content…
She was fully devoted to helping her dad and their family become healthy and raising healthy food. It was Sarah’s mother who kept the farm running and organized. Today, Sarah continues to be impressed with the way her family started farming without any real farming experience, but somehow managed to figure everything out. As a child, Sarah remembers how her mother would get up very early to spend time studying her Bible, and often would wake up to scriptures and inspirations she had typed up for them. She designed and programmed a list from Excel, and put all their recurring tasks on it. She quilted, baked, gardened, schooled all of them, and made meals for them. Sarah believes her mother is one of her best friends, especially in adulthood , and that they have had a wonderful, close