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Love Reflection Paper

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Love is a process that brings people together and splits people apart. Love can portray many different forms including passionate, companion, and caring/friendship. I believe love is something that is worked for and not automatically given. For instance, love at first sight? In my heart, that's not real. Love isn't the "honeymoon stage" all the time. Whether it's becoming close "best" friends with someone, or people that is simply cared for, it's different within everyone else but it's worked for. People work for interpersonal relationships.

I grew up with two parents, my mother and father. I witnessed their love, i witnessed their hardships. My beliefs are the way they are because of learning from my parents. They modeled love, whether …show more content…

My father worked night shifts, we never saw him. I noticed my mother talking to other people. Probably for the fact she felt lonely. She didn't have her companion like she used to. Love wasn't there like it used to be. It was like someone cut the strings that attached the love of both of them. My mother continued to talk to other people, especially this one guy. They would exchange sweet nothings. It wasn't anything like my mother would give my father. Mainly because my father didn't enjoy it. My father was a no PDA or no sweet talk.

One incident changed the love even further. My mother grew to be a bigger woman after having twins. She wanted to feel loved again by her family, her husband, and herself. So, she decided to have a gastric bypass in May of 2012. It became even harder, but their relationship grew. My mother became ill because she was losing so much weight at once and not being able to keep anything down. Her nutrients, vitamins, and her hope was gone altogether. We would take turns watching and helping around the house. When my father was at work, we would take care of my mother. When we were at school, my father was by her side. She needed constant care and attention. It was almost like a stay at home nurse, but round shifts. My father and mother tried to relinquish the feeling of love. And it seemed like it was helping. They were getting closer and my family was becoming better. My mother seemed

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