The Changing Face of Marriage

Since I went a Catholic pre school at the age of three, it is hard for me to remember if I first learned about God and Catholicism through my parents or my school. I was baptized as a baby as raised Catholic, but I don't recall ever talking to my parents about the importance of religion or God. They are both practicing Catholics, but they may have thought I would be too young to understand before I went to pre school. The episode that we watched of Parenthood gave many different views of family. It showed two unmarried parents with a son, a family who unsuccessfully wants to adopt, a single mom, and a married man who has a child with disabilities and is having trouble supporting his family. All of these different scenarios can definitely present challenges, and it seems that the challenges of not receiving a baby or financial troubles can be better dealt with when you have someone else along for the ride with you. I plan on graduating college and graduate school way before I establish a family, but if the study is correct, I hope my education will aid my marriage. I definitely am going to raise my kids Catholic, because God is an important part of my life now. I want my husband and I to set a good example for my kids, and I think that establishing a domestic church can be the first step in the right direction.