by UFI Blog | Dec 1, 2016 | Family, Marriage and Family, Parents
by Tashica Jacobson It’s been nine long months and I am ready for this baby to come. Throughout these months, though, I have learned many different things; some lessons probably relate to the majority of pregnancies, but some are unique to myself, and some probably...
by UFI Blog | Nov 18, 2016 | Family, Marriage and Family, Parents
by Jackie Bowles In light of the upcoming Thanksgiving season, I have been thinking about the power of gratitude. I have seen so many blessings happen in my own life for being grateful. Frequent displays of gratitude seem to bring more goodness into our lives. In...
by UFI Blog | Nov 14, 2016 | Family, Marriage, Marriage and Family, Same-Sex Marriage, The Family
by Erin Weist Following a petition and protest by thousands of Mexican citizens standing against redefining marriage in Mexican law, a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage was shut down last week as the Commission on Constitutional Matters voted against the measure...
by UFI Blog | Nov 9, 2016 | Diane Robertson, Family, Marriage and Family, Parents
by Diane Robertson I started keeping a personal blog in the early days when blogging was still popular in 2007. I was a young mother with 5 small children and they were and are the topic of that blog. Those 5 young children aren’t so small anymore. Five more little...
by UFI Blog | Nov 7, 2016 | Family, Marriage and Family, Parents
by Erin Weist Earlier this week I had the experience of being mocked on social media. If you’ve spent any time online this is not a revelation, the internet can be a brutal place to experience the full attack of opinions clashing with one’s own. However the tone and...
by UFI Blog | Nov 5, 2016 | Marriage, Marriage and Family
by Tashica Jacobson Life tends to get hectic from time to time for pretty much everyone; and when it does, it is easy to put some of the things that appear unnecessary on the back burner to deal with when life slows down again. Date night is one of those practices...