Welcome to my blog!!

This is a picture of my family. There are eight of us, and we are all members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I am the oldest of my siblings, and love all of them ALOT! :)

I believe that the principles found in The Family: A Proclamation to the World can be applied to families everywhere in order to educate and strengthen them. Not familiar with this document? Find it here. I am writing this from an LDS (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, also known as the Mormons) perspective. The articles and posts I will put on this blog are posted are research based with the objective to inform and educate readers about the threats to the family today and also to share ideas of how we can better protect ourselves and our families against those influences which have the potential to destroy us.

I am so excited to begin posting on this blog!! The family is something that is SUPER important to me and I believe is a sacred institution that is ordained by God. In society today, the family as an institution is disintegrating (pewsocialtrends.org) so I decided to do something about it. The foundation of this blog is based on the principles found in The Family: A Proclamation to the World. This document was inspired by God and written by modern day prophets and apostles. Before introducing the Proclamation to the Family in the October 1995 LDS General Conference President Hinckley (then the prophet of the LDS church) said:

"With so much of sophistry that is passed off as truth, with so much of deception concerning standards and values, with so much of allurement and enticement to take on the slow stain of the world, we have felt to warn and forewarn. In furtherance of this we of the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles now issue a proclamation to the Church and to the world as a declaration and reaffirmation of standards, doctrines, and practices relative to the family which the prophets, seers, and revelators of this church have repeatedly stated throughout its history” (“Stand Strong against the Wiles of the World,”Ensign,Nov. 1995, 100; emphasis added).

I know that the institution of the family is important not only in God's eternal plan but is also important in the well being of society. Just as it states in the last paragraph of the Proclamation,   "...we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets."