COMMUNICATION

The journaling exercises until this point have been solo. This exercise can be completed solo, helping you process your goals. These questions intend to facilitate communication, between you AND your partner, or yourself. Start by doing this journaling assignment separately. After you have completed all the questions, come together with open ears, open hearts, and no expectations to discuss your answers. Though being honest is hard, be as truthful as you can to yourself and each other.

My/our options for creating a family going forward are…
 
My apprehensions for each of my/our options are…
 
My/Our next step is…
 
If the next step doesn’t take me/us closer to creating my/our family, I will feel…
 
My hope for this next step is…

If completing this with a partner: 
One quality I love about my partner is…
 
One quality about our relationship that I love is…