Relationship Reflection

Relationships are important to me, because it helps me when I have hard times in my life. My mother and I have a very strong relationship with each other. With me being the only child, we tend to do everything together. When I am having a difficult time, I always turn her for advice or a shoulder to cry on. Although, sometimes I like to keep my feelings inside, because you cant trust everyone with your business, but I know my mom will never tell my darkest secret. Another person I have a positive relationship with is my cousin Larita. She's a good listener. She might not tell me what I want to hear, but what I need to hear. She's always keeping me on track with my goals I want to achieve. Sometimes being a single mother gets hard, but she always send me an encouraging message every morning to go the extra mile for my daughter.

The relationship with my mom and cousin are very essential in my life. Both relationships have trust and honesty. These two factors are very important to maintain a good relationship with each other.

Developing a relationship with my mom took some time when I was younger, I was scared to talk to her about certain situations.  I didn't know how she would respond or would her respond be to harsh to were I couldn't take it. As I got older and went off to college our relationship became stronger and I was able to talk to her more about different things. The relationship with my cousin has been strong since we were in high school. She always been my go to person when I needed to talk. We had one disagreement where we stopped talking to each other for about two months. I was in this situation, and I went to her asking for advice, the whole time I knew she was telling me the truth but I didn't want to accept the truth. At the time, I thought she was jealous of the relationship I was in with this guy.

My experience with these relationships can have a impact with the families I am involved with in my classroom. Parents need someone they can trust in order for them to open up to total stranger. Trust is the main thing most parents look for within the teacher. Trust is hard to come by, and shouldn't be broken.