Narrative Essay : Valentine's Day

““ Can you afford it?” I asked. “ for a special date with my daughter?” he replied. “Of course I can afford it. Besides, I have something to celebrate.”

In the past, I regularly concluded marriage counseling as cliché and often ineffective. I consistently heard people say how marriage counseling was foolish and if your marriage is failing, a professional was incapable of fixing it. I likewise repeatedly assumed a considerable amount of marriage counselors just longed for love themselves, or they would practice interventions which were super far-fetched from what the couples actually needed. I assumed those ideas when I first signed up for this class. Trust me, I had all the stereotypes down. Now, you are probably wondering why I even signed up for this class. I’m incredibly indecisive on what counseling path I wish to pursue, therefore I decided to give this class a shot. I want to pick

In the film Valentine’s Day, directed by Garry Marshall, it focuses on intimate interpersonal relationships on Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day is celebrated on the fourteenth of February every year and although Valentine’s Day isn’t a national holiday, it is celebrated worldwide. Knapp’s developmental model is portrayed by many of the couples seen in the film. In this film, age plays a role in the movie to present the differences in how they show the intimacy of their relationships. The Johari window is also used inside of the film to reveal some secrets of many couples. In the film, relationships of many couples are shown to go through heartbreak or the beginnings of a new relationship.

Carol Anne Duffy presents love and romance in a unique way that differentiates valentine from any other love poem. Throughout this poem carol expresses love though the original metaphor of an onion. This essay analyses how she does this so effectively and how she presents a range of ideas about love and romance.

The purpose of this paper is to review my professional identity as a Marriage and Family Therapist and to reflect on my developing beliefs within my selection of the counseling profession. My professional identity is beginning to be developed throughout my education with Liberty University. I will address the Marriage and Family Therapist professional counselor role and how this position differs from social workers, clinical psychologists, and professional counselors. By reviewing the differences in counseling positions, I will be able to express the differences from my previous experiences with pastoral counseling, and outline what my

As little kids we all have dreams of having that perfect family, only to usually be disappointed in some way or another. Since my first marriage failed do to infidelity I am determined to make my current marriage work. While reading The Family You’ve Always Wanted, I felt encouraged by the stories that Gary Chapman shared. One of the biggest things that stood out to me was that he turned his “marriage from withering to thriving” (Chapman, 2008, p. 21). This gives me hope that I can also turn my marriage around, but we must be willing to serve.

A PAPER SUBMITTED TO DR. JAMES D. GIBSON FULFILLMENT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CO 5740 INTRODUCTION TO MARRIAGE AND FAMILY COUNSELING

The journey that Richard and Mildred Loving took is important for history and for the future of civil rights in the United States. I recently watched the documentary The Loving Story and enjoyed the footage, pictures, and interviews of everyone involved in the Loving v. Virginia case. The documentary addressed the issue of interracial marriage in Virginia in 1967.

The last part of the interview was a discussion on direct question about Robin’s personal theory of marriage, divorce and remarriage and challenges of providing counseling to the divorce, remarried and blended families’ population. Robin’s personal theology on divorce and remarriage is that she feels that people are born to be in companionship with others and believes that marriage should be a permanent and monogamous relationship. But she understands that this is not always that way for everyone’s marriage. Unfortunately due to the high rates of divorce, Robin’s personal theology on marriage and divorce does not always fit into what she sees and experiences within her practice, but she does not let that impact her work with her clients.

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Relationships begin and grow through those things that cannot be felt or seen, these intangibles have many names; comfort, support, kindness, trust, love and the list continues. My mother did her best to verbalize these concepts to me from the day I was, however, I was only really able to understand them through her demonstration of these feelings in the way she treated me and day after day and the way I felt all of these emotions for her. The only thing I have ever been able to understand through Sean Rowles is that there is yet another intangible, one that should never be a part of any relationship, one that leaves scares that cannot be seen on the psyche of a person years after the physical end of the relationship, one that is the sole presence remaining when the love, the trust and the kindness are gone, and that intangible is fear, and unfortunately it is the one that most comes to mind when

All of his late night church meetings, I just told myself was needed because there were souls to be saved. When he took trips and wouldn’t answer his phone all the time, I dismissed it as him being in church conventions, meetings, or was up preaching or networking. The times he smelt of women’s perfume, I just took it as leftover from a woman wanting to give him a hug. I thought nothing of all of this. I even tried to dismiss the recent thoughts in my mind. But when you had a neighbor who saw your husband’s extra-curricular activity, I can’t play that down. My mind and heart wouldn’t allow me to. Trust me I fought to play this dreadful episode of a day but I couldn’t. If my heart wasn’t broke before, it was definitely shattered to pieces now.

I met her two years ago and we did not have much to say at that time. Little did I know that she would later steal my heart and become an intimate part of my life. As the saying goes "there is someone for anyone at any time in this life" and I was about to find out that this saying was so true. I have had a wall built around me and my defense was as a stronghold to protect myself from all the relationships that have come and gone over the years. I thought that I was meant to be alone in this old life and happiness was forever gone from me. This wonderful woman I am speaking of is Mary Doe, and the joy she has given me has revived my hope and faith that I may have finally found love and peace within. She has made me feel like I am a child

Love is an abundant emotion that has different degrees. There is familial love, friendly love, unconditional love, and of course romantic love. Romantic love will be the superstar of this article. Romantic love may be around every corner whether between an old couple or a young teenage romance. However, love is not the easiest thing to attain. It is such a simple concept, though a difficult thing to actually have a person’s hands on.

I am almost at a lost of words and confused. “But, my dear, I thought you would be thrilled to death. You never get a chance to go out, and this is a real affair, a wonderful one! I had an awful time getting a card. Everybody wants one. You’ll see all the most important people there.” Then