This week was about divorce. My parents got divorced 22 yrs ago I was 18. Now you would think that's old enough to not really care or no big deal, but at any age I think it affects you. My dad has remarried but my mom has not. Because we were mostly all older (I have 5 sisters) none of us lived with them or had to have that discussion about who we were going to live with so I think that helped. She didn't become our step mom, she didn't take that roll. Do I wish they would of stayed together sure but more in the since that now I'm just like everyone else whose parents couldn't make it work. In school I felt special because my parents were together still. Life move on.

The State of our Unions: Marriage in America 2012 “Marriage helps to unite the needs and desires of couples and the children their unions produce. Because marriage fosters small cooperative unions—otherwise known as stable families—it not only enables children to thrive, but also shores up communities, helping family members to succeed during good times and to weather the bad times. Even small changes in the rates of marriage and marital stability in America would reduce suffering for children and their families and yield significant cost savings for taxpayers. For example, in 2008 a team led by economist Ben Scafidi suggested that even very modest increases in stable marriage rates would result in large savings for taxpayers. These scholars calculated that if family fragmentation were reduced by just 1 percent, U.S. taxpayers would save an estimated $1.1 billion annually.” Alma Phipps & Associates

Ensign 2007 “Divorce" by Elder Oaks, “Nations that had no divorce law have adopted one, and most nations permitting divorces have made them easier to obtain. Unfortunately, under current no-fault divorce laws, it can be easier to sever a marriage relationship with an unwanted spouse than an employment relationship with an unwanted employee. Some even refer to a first marriage as a “starter marriage,” like a small home one uses for a while before moving on. I strongly urge you and those who advise you to face up to the reality that for most marriage problems, the remedy is not divorce but repentance. Often the cause is not incompatibility but selfishness. If our bodies are sick, we seek to heal them. We do not give up. While there is any prospect of life, we seek healing again and again. The same should be true of our marriages, and if we seek Him, the Lord will help us and heal us.”