Midlife

Tuesday's class was particularly interesting because it was easy to relate to examples from real life. I learned to look at my family from a new perspective...my parent's perspective. It was interesting to consider the changes they are going through during their lifetime that is different but simultaneously occuring with my own life changes. As my oldest sister is becoming a mother, my own parents are learning to be grandparents. As my youngest sister is graduating from high school, they are experiencing an empty nest. My older sister was just recently married, and my parents are dealing with a growing family. As I am in my last years of college, they may very well be fearing that I may come home and live with them again!! In a more broad sense, this class lecture taught me that not only are families seen differently by other families, but members within the same family may experience events differently.