Personal Narrative: My Healthy Relationship

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U1 Q5: My Healthy Relationship
A healthy relationship that I am a part of is my relationship with my cousin. Our relationship is a family one and we are very good friends. My cousin is only one year older than me so we get along well since we are close to the same age. She provides me with support and advice and I do the same for her. I trust her and she helps me when I need her help. There are some elements that make this a healthy relationship. Firstly, we both share a mutual respect for each others feelings, and we won’t say harsh things to one another. Secondly, we both feel comfortable talking to each other about our feelings. Thirdly, we can enjoy spending time together, but we can also enjoy spending time away from each other. Also we …show more content…

Firstly, let me describe my intellectual development. If you look at me when I was younger and compare that to me now, you can tell that I have matured intellectually. When I was younger I was only capable of concrete thinking and learned through observing the world around me. Now as I have matured, I have developed abstract thinking skills and I am able to think about ideas that cannot be seen, such as love, and understand their importance. With my newly gained skills, I am able to think more about the meaning of certain events and understand what different motives people may have based off of their actions. Also a skill that I have grown to possess is my logical thinking skills, that enable me to bring several thoughts together to solve complex problems and with these skills I have gained more critical thinking skills and my thoughts are more meaningful. It is clear that I have matured intellectually if you take a look at my grades in school as I have grown older. When I was in elementary I did not get much awards such as honours, although I could see that change when I entered middle school because I would get honours and get good marks.Next, I will look at how my development will change by the time I am finished high school. I think that when I finish high school I will grow stronger in my thinking skills mentioned above. My ability to understand and think about my …show more content…

My mother was raised in a single parent family, and so was my father. My mom was raised by her mother only because my grandfather never lived with them and was never in the picture. My grandmother was a very strong woman and she raised three children by herself. She also built the house that they lived in by herself and she provided emotional support to my mom and her siblings. My father was also raised by his mother, but that was because my grandfather passed away when my father was very young. My father has six siblings and my grandmother took care of them all by herself, which is something that I admire about her. The type of family that I am in right now is a Nuclear Family. Since I am raised by both my parents. In my family I have three siblings. My parents meet all of our basic needs, because they provide food, shelter, clothing e.t.c. All of the members in our family provide emotional support and we all help each other to believe in ourselves and help us get through difficult times. The type of family that I want to create in the future is a nuclear family. I want to create a Nuclear Family because I have been raised in one and understand the benefits and I also think that it would be a great environment for my children to grow and thrive

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