ns me to watch them tear each other down and it absolutely tears me up inside to have them shred each other to pieces verbally. Not only to each other but also to my brother, my sister and I. Through their mistakes I have learned a great deal about marriage, commitment and relationships. I realize now how great an impact my parents have had on me. Through their divorce a lot of bad took place, but there was also some good. My brother and sister and I are all very close now, we consider each other best friends. I use what I have learned from my parents relationship to help me with my relationships, what to do or not do, what to say or not say and how to best express my feelings with out hurting or upsetting the other person. I have learned how to better deal with my anger, my feelings and my emotions. I have made a commitment to myself to never hurt someone the way my parents have hurt and continue to hurt each other. I have also made a commitment to myself that should I one day decide to get married it will be for life, and my husband will make the same commitment as well as a commitment to each other to always work things out, before they really become an issue. Life is too short to be unhappy.My Personal CreedI. They were unhappy. They fought, and were angry often. Life was full of stress and tension in our home. I didnt know it, I didnt realize. I was used to it, I thought it was normal. II. They were unhappy. They still fought. They were angry a lot. Life was full of stress and tension in our home. I could recognize it now, I could see that it was not normal. III. They were unhappy. They didnt fight much. There was a lot of silence. Life was full of stress, sadness and tension in our home. Then he went, and she cried all the time. We were quiet, we didnt know what to do or what to say. IV. They were still unhappy. They fought a lot, about small, unimportant things. Life was full of name-calling, bad-mouthing and picking sides. We w...
