Beginning a Family Conflict Forum

Good Day Everyone,

I am a women who has many titles:

1. I have been a wife for 28 years.
2. I have been a mother for 26 years (a daughter 26 yrs old, a daughter 21 yrs old, and a son 17 yrs old).
3. I have been a step-mother for 29 yrs. ( a daughter, 29 yrs old).
4. I have been a Granny/Nana for 10 years (Jaylah, 10 yrs old & Jersey, 1 1/2 yrs old from my 29 yr old; Cortez "Tre", 2 1/2 yrs old from my 21 yr old.; and Khyan, 2 yrs old from my 26 yr old).
5. I am a sibling (1 sister, Candace) and an auntie (Joshua, 8 yrs. old and Blake, 5 yrs old).
6. And I am a daughter. 

I am like many of you who has experienced good and bad in all of these relationships, perfection of life is still a mystery for me.  Is there such a thing as a perfect parent?  Is there such a thing as a perfect marriage or a perfect family?  I know that it takes a village to raise a child, but the village needs to be steadfast and ready to find resolutions for problems that all families may have.

I am writing this blog to begin a service project about forming healthy family relationships.  When you read my articles regarding conducted research studies, I am certain that they will sound familiar to some of you (none of our lives are perfect.)  Families have many formats, and I want to hear thoughts and opinions from you all.  Please feel free to comment after reading my posted articles.  You can use this blog as a sounding board for those problems that you don't want to talk about with the people you know (because some of your thoughts might be very personal.)

Let's discuss these problems and solutions for how we should handle these issues.  You are never alone, we are all trying to figure life out...let's do this together!