by United Families International | Jan 3, 2014 | Education, Family, Health Care, Media, UFI Blog, Values
Rebecca Mallory Well, it’s 9:30 am and I just rolled out of bed to a new year. 2014! I’d be more comfortable if it was May 2013. Where did the time go? I say that with more frequency the older I get. And with a new year comes that word we all anticipate...
by United Families International | Jan 2, 2014 | Marriage, Religious Freedom, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, UFI Blog
Ann Bailey We’ve all done it; started on one website, started clicking, and ended up, topically, miles away. Well, this was one of those times and I ended up on the website “Queerty.” Ever heard of it? “Queerty” has the tagline: “Free of an Agenda – except that...
by United Families International | Dec 31, 2013 | Child Development, Family, motherhood, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
How many of us can recall a time when our naive childhood or adolescent behavior caused a hurtful situation for our parents? Since human errors are part of childhood, all of us have the opportunity, at one point or another, to choose to embrace the depth of love that...
by United Families International | Dec 27, 2013 | Abstinence, Child Development, Education, Family, Free Speech, Gender, Grandparents, Marriage, motherhood, Parents, Religion, Religious Freedom, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Tara Holladay It was just another day. My daughter was at preschool, my mother was watching my toddler son, and I was sitting in a clean, generic waiting room, hoping that when it was my turn in the dentist chair I wouldn’t be hearing any expensive news. A mother...
by United Families International | Dec 24, 2013 | Child Development, Family, father, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Casey Reeve shares how his father helped to instill in him the true meaning of Christmas. Every Christmas Eve, we would lie under the Christmas tree, listening intently to my father. He would get down next to us and gaze up at the lights on the tree, capped off by the...
by United Families International | Dec 23, 2013 | Abstinence, Cohabitation, Divorce, Family, Marriage, Media, UFI Blog
Alicia Johnson and Hailey Welch Over the past 85 years, millions of individuals and families have had the opportunity to watch shows on television and have experienced the rapid growth of many forms of media. Many individuals have experienced the excitement of...