Making Peace in Dysfunctional Families: How to Fix It and Whether You Should

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Genuinely enjoying one another’s company.  A family outing to Grayton Beach, with Lorna, Aislinn, Shannon, and Brian.   All photos copyrighted. In every dysfunctional family, there’s at least one do-goodin’ peacemaker who is either a blood…

Having a Family Is Not an Excuse for “No”

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Photo by   Lorna Tedder, copyrighted.   One of my colleagues, when she was 8 months pregnant, was asked with great disdain why she would consider having a child and didn’t she know that having a…

Defining Contentment

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Photo credit by Shannon Bailey.   I think the girls had given up on kite flying at this point, except for me in the background with one waaaaaay up in the air and my mom watching…