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All:
The face of the family in America is changing, a generation ago, the typical family was considered to be a married couple consisting of a father, mother, and 2.5 children. Has this traditional family become extinct? What makes up a traditional family in today's changing world values?
Does this change damage our traditional values? Today there are single parents, same sex couples living together, with or without children, singles, widowed, divorced and never married singles, so what does Society consider the so-called traditional family today?
If one is a single person living alone, does that person feel left out, and incomplete, in a couples world? On a personal level, many years ago after a divorce, I felt so lonely and left out among all my married friends.
That is until one Sunday morning after his sermon, the Pastor, during the Invitational* was inviting families to come down, and all of a sudden, he followed with...Come on down "You-One-Somebody-You".
I realized a One-Somebody-You is also a family, and it was at that moment, my insecurities and loneliness left me leaving a peace that remains until this day. All my friends are still married, and that's okay.
How do you define a Family? Do we have traditional core values today, or has a new paradigm entered our lives in this new age? Do you consider a One-Somebody-You can be a family?
*[invitation to come to the front pew for baptism, prayer and/or to join church membership]
Wanda | 
