When I was young I had household chores every Saturday. Of
course as a young child they were the simple chores but as I got older, I
graduated to stuff like vacuuming the whole house, Dusting the whole house,
Cleaning all the bathrooms, milking the family cow,(I hated that chore)and
helping my mother strain the milk for cream. When I was in high school,
my father owned a cotton farm in southern AZ. My summers were spent
getting up at 5 am and going to fields to chop weeds, up and down the
rows. This is when I first earned money to pay tithing and to save.
I believe my work ethic now came from my parents teaching me to work.
Because of the experience I had of working with my family, I now
believe that working as a family can be rewarding and it does build
relationships. As I walked up and down the rows with my siblings, we
would sing our favorite songs, laugh and tell jokes. Sometimes we would
fight but then that would end in laughing. When we did our household
chores we would often trade the chore depending on how we felt that day.
My sister and I still laugh at how she trade her dish washing for my vacuuming
because dirty dishes grossed her out. We made many lasting memories. I
believe working as a family forces us to interact with one another in ways that
we would normally not because it puts us in situations that we wouldn't
normally be in had we not been working.
In the talk, "The Blessings of Family Work Projects", by President Dean Jarman, October, 1982, President Jarman concluded his talk by saying, "May I add my own feelings. Our family work has become a big factor in bringing a higher degree of love, peace, and unity into our home. Many neighbors have commented on how much our children really enjoy each other. I am amazed as I witness our children stretching in their tender years toward self-reliance. Yes, work is a spiritual and essential principle. Our own beloved prophet has taught that “life is not wholly for fun and frolic.”
In the talk, "The Blessings of Family Work Projects", by President Dean Jarman, October, 1982, President Jarman concluded his talk by saying, "May I add my own feelings. Our family work has become a big factor in bringing a higher degree of love, peace, and unity into our home. Many neighbors have commented on how much our children really enjoy each other. I am amazed as I witness our children stretching in their tender years toward self-reliance. Yes, work is a spiritual and essential principle. Our own beloved prophet has taught that “life is not wholly for fun and frolic.”
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