This is the introductory essay of a young man who calls Harriston, Ontario home. Matthew Feenstra, a product of Midwestern Ontario was born and raised by strong beliefs and family traditions which were integrated into many work experiences, hobbies, and interests. His love for agriculture is shown wherever he goes and in whatever he does. Matthew was born and raised on a family farm in Wyoming, Ontario. The farm was fifteen minutes from Sarnia which is a border city to Michigan, U.S.A. Wyoming…
Belonging is what gives you sense of permanency, helps to establish your core values and gives us a sense of who we are in our family and in the world. This is the first initial sense of belonging that human should experience is through their immediate family, also known as the nuclear family. Human were designed to grow healthy physical, mentally, spiritual and emotionally, through loving care and acceptance in a safe environment. Mother’s teach us about bonding trust, attachment and the ability…
When someone is born they are born into a family. They are born into a culture which has been there for generations. There are stories which have built the foundation into which the child will grow up on. Growing up going I never realized that the sum of my families stories and journeys would make up a part of me as I get older. Coming from a tough Mexican background has really shaped me into the person that I am today. Initially, my family, as in my parents and I, where one of the first to come…
and drug addict, who was also very good at manipulation. We had to leave in the middle of the night to escape him, and we traveled to Connecticut to live with my maternal Grandmother. She was not a very nice women at the time we moved in with her, only two of her five children were on speaking terms with her. Even though I was seven years old, and I should have understood that these people were not nice people but I have always been in what the big five personality dimensions call agreeableness. I…
In general, the family an individual grows up in has major influence on the journey that they take in life. Our parents and the way they are impact the way we relate to other people, the type of foods that we enjoy, what god we pray to, and generally how we see the world. For therapist, it is of utmost importance to understand the breadth of this influence in order to become aware of countertransference and playing out unfinished business in session with their clients. Understanding the extent to…
When facing the call, God will allow people to enter into your life to help kill certain spirits that are within. He has to prune and purge us in order to elevate. Relationships are a perfect example of how God uses people to kill the negative behavioral traits we carry. I was in a relationship and the person tried, well he didn’t try he did, tear my self-esteem down even more than what it was. He made me feel like less than a woman to the point where I began to hide and withdraw from society. I…
Malo has a dysfunctional family that affects everyone in their home in different ways. Uzi misbehave in school and been expelled from every school he attended. Malo hangs outside and steals his mom car. Chaka is never home and when he is home he do not stay for long. All the troubles from Uzi, Malo, and Chaka does nothing but stress Amina out who already have mental illness and choose not to speak on it but write about her troubles in a journal. Malo decides to read his mom journal one day because…
Generally everyone is born into what seems to be the perfect American family. No one every thinks that this perfect life you currently live could ever be broken up, I use to be one of this hopeful believers. In just the blink of an eye your happy family can be broken in half and your parents will be getting a divorce like mine did. When my parents got divorced it wasn’t just them separating I was also being separated from the only man in my life. He was my number one supporter in life. It all started…
For hundreds of years, family businesses have proven to make up the heart and soul of America. They are what help keep this nation, and nations all over the world, alive and thriving in good and bad economic times. They maintain honorable standards within their companies and have a more systematic way of managing their businesses in comparison to non-family businesses. A lot of these companies, such as Wal-Mart, Facebook, and Nike, are considered some of the wealthiest and most recognizable companies…
Family Who do you consider family? The general idea of what a family means is, a group of people related to each other by blood. This concept has changed over the years, for example, nowadays it is common to consider families with parents of the same sex ,or families where there is only one parent. The traditional meaning of what family is has always been the mother, father, children, and other relatives. Family for me is someone that really cares about you and protects you. I do not think it has…