I am Alicia Alley and I am currently attending BYU Idaho. One of my classes, Family Relations, requires us to keep a blog of our thoughts and beliefs about the family. I will be sharing my views and beliefs about why the family unit does matter. This is something I have come to know more and more throughout my life, especially in the past eighteen months serving as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I had the opportunity, as a missionary, to work and serve several different families and to see some of these relationships strengthened. I will be sharing my thoughts on the topics we will have in class and how I have seen, through experiences why family matters.