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The Highs and Lows of Family Life: An Honest Perspective

08.08.2013 by Girl on Fire // 2 Comments

When someone talks about family it can mean very different things. For some, the family is an extended group that includes the offspring of brothers and sisters, grandparents and plenty of uncles and aunts thrown into the mix.

This type of family often means large gatherings at important annual events such as Christmas and New Year and can also cross over into daily life with a social aspect that means extended family ties are closely intertwined with everyday routines.

For others, family means the immediate household, spouse and children and sometimes includes much loved pets too! Whatever your definition, there are bound to be highs and lows to family life and this may or may not involve aspects of family law.

When these procedures enter the picture, you know something is serious and in such a case it is essential to seek out professional advice from experienced experts in the field. As with any specialised area of law, it can be extremely difficult to proceed on your own and know how to look after your best interests and that means seeking help is vital.

You can find out more about family law at The Co-operative but first let’s take a look at an honest perspective of family life and how legal considerations can affect it.

Family Life

Whatever the make up of your own family, and whether your whole life is built around providing for them or if you only see them several times a year, there is a basic human desire that most people have for a family life.

Of course, to some people family doesn’t mean a blood connection, and a couple don’t have to have children in order to be a family unit. Where children are involved though, family law can be incredibly important – especially where disputes over custody are concerned (for example).

Highs

For many people family life brings the happiest times of their lives. From marriages through to births and birthday celebrations, there are many landmark occasions that can be shared with family that bring joy at the time and which become happy memories that are treasured and looked back on throughout life.

Everyday family life can be the thing that drives people forward too – the smile on the face of a loved one when you come home, or shared moments that make up life’s simple pleasures.

Lows

Of course there are lows too. When you are close to someone there is the capacity for hurt as well as happiness. Illness and death are part of the cycle of life and when a family member passes away it can be the most upsetting and traumatic event that you will ever experience. However, it is these situations which also bring out the strength of a family connection.

Sadly it isn’t just mortality that makes up potential lows in family life. Disputes and divorce are also facts of life and there are many reasons why husbands and wives may decide to part or family members might have serious disagreements. When this happens, legal proceedings may be involved and that means consulting a lawyer may be necessary.

The above content is a guest post submitted by Paula M.

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Brandy is the wife to a carpenter/musician and the mother of 3 amazingly awesome homeschool/unschooled girls. Brandy is a Photographer as well as a Coach for the Weebellion as part of Rolling Rebellion Jr. Roller Derby. Brandy is passionate about many things and suffers from a very painful and degenerative neurological disease called CRPS/RSD.
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  1. Tammy Benson-O'Brien says

    August 9, 2013 at 3:52 pm

    AND You can’t pic your family but can pick your friends 🙂 Wait, isn’t that you can’t pick your nose or your friend’s nose but you can pick your friend?!?! I think that’s wrong too LOL

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