Reflections 4

In Reflections 4 the author shares some of her thoughts about her amazing journey through parenthood and how she came to value the role of families in shaping our future.

For the author, motherhood has been an ongoing journey of love, victories, defeats and awe. In Reflections 4 she shares some of her thoughts about her journey into parenthood, competing desires, and emerging families. Through a lifetime of experiences she has learned the value of families and how relationships formed within families help to shape future relationships far beyond the boundaries of home, parents and siblings.

Joan R. Griffith grew up in a small southern town as the eighth child of nine. From early childhood, through high school, college, medical school, internship, residency and her military career, conformity appeared to shape the totality of her existence. Yet, the sum of her lifetime experiences represents a life that could only be uniquely described as amazing. Leaving home at 18 to attend college in the east, she embarked on a remarkable journey that would forever change her life. A self-acknowledged introvert and perpetual student of life she encountered the predictable challenges facing an evolving young woman trying to “make sense” of all that she experienced. After retiring from the military and transitioning to civilian life, she finally followed her dream to publish her thoughts on the array of the experiences that shaped her life and continue to influence her now. In her series entitled Reflections, she reveals her feelings about many of her transforming encounters during specific moments in her life. In Reflections Three, she shares her thoughts on life, time, and friends.