Argumentative Essay On Family Stress

In every family, there comes a time when certain events will test its strength and whether or not each member is resilient enough to overcome it. My family, like many others, has its family stress, which is “a state of tension that arises when demands test or tax a family’s capabilities” (Lamanna & Riedmann, pg. 378). For the most part, my husband Santi and I have found ways to manage, or at the very least, reduce the negative effects of family stress; however, several years ago, we found ourselves in family crisis. My husband and I met in 2009 while I was vacationing in Madrid, Spain. We met on a gay dating app and decided to have dinner. Being on vacation, I never thought that our meeting would lead to anything. We got on extremely well and we ended up spending every day of my vacation together. When I returned to the States, Santi and I kept in contact and realized we both really missed each other

After getting all of my affairs in order, I packed up my things and moved to Spain to begin my new life. Six months after the move, we were married and on August 16th, we will celebrate our fifth wedding anniversary. Overall, I believe the crisis and the steps we took to overcome it gave us a positive recovery. We both feel that we are much better equipped to handle any future crisis as we are now familiar with the factors and the steps needed to be taken in order to overcome any crisis. We now look back at what we had to go through and realize that the situation had enhanced our resilience as a family and we feel that we are better prepared and informed about the factors that influence a family in crisis and how to use them to the family’s benefit. We now feel that we are equipped with the proper tools and knowledge to overcome most anything that life can throw at