Family Crisis

We are taught that trials are a way to help strengthen us and help us to become better stronger people.  How often do we think of trials/crises in our family as a way to bring us together and strengthen us?  We have to option as a family to pull together and become closer when a crisis happens.  I like the saying that "The structure of a family will determine how a crisis will be handled, while a crisis will determine the structure of the family."  Just like how individuals handle trials differently families handle crises differently.  I think it is good that we try to make sure that we draw closer together when such things happen.  Maybe it's a good idea when small crises happen on the family to practice drawing closer together so when a larger, more potentially detrimental, crisis happens it will be easier as a family to draw closer together.  We need to keep in mind how important families are.