Throughout my young life I have experienced a lot of bad
relationships and a lot of good relationships. The bad relationships were the
ones that you count as lesson and a blessing because it taught you things about
yourself and others that you couldn’t see at first. Whether it was an intimate relationship or
friendship you learned that everyone that say the love you really don’t and
those that say they are friend or girl/boy really aren’t. All relationships
regardless of what they are built on trust, honest and great communication
between people.
My good relationships seem to out
weight my bad ones. I have a good relationship with my boys. They know that can
always talk to their mother about whatever pop in their minds but sometimes if
feel like my 15 year old takes it to the extreme just to see my reaction, me
and sisters have more of a best friend relationship type bond. We always talk
about everything. My mother, grandmother
and aunts are very close. My fiancé and I are also close and sometimes it feels
like we are brother and sister because we play a lot with each other. All these relationships are extremely
important to me because these people are my strength, my backbone and my reason
for getting up in the morning.
If I had
to choose just one relationship that I can’t do without is the relationship
between me and my children. If anything
goes on in their lives I want to be there to be a part of it. I want them to
know regardless if daddy is there or not their mother will always be there.
Overtime I have learned that talking, being honest and trust worthy goes a long
way in relationships. As a teacher these things are needed when talking to your
students and parents. Students tell you things in confidence and they want to know
that someone cares about them. Some students may talk to you about things that
they can’t talk to their parents about and it could be the same when dealing
with parents. They don’t want to talk about things that are going on at home
but sometimes it slips out and they hope it will not get repeated. Teachers
must remember that confidentiality is a must when working in the educational
field.
