Harmony, Disharmony, Repair, Repeat

“Mom, have we repaired yet?” I can hear my twelve-year-old daughter now. I think I have created a monster. Every relationship, albeit one with your partner, child, friend, coworker or neighbor, can be pinpointed at one of the three places – harmony, disharmony or...

The Not-So-Magic Kingdom

I know. Put me on the “bad mother” list. It took until my kids were teenagers for me to check the box for that mandatory childhood Walt Disney World vacation. It was the earliest I could manage the trip to Central Florida. Mickey and Minnie just had to be patient...

More Than Small Talk

Even as a little girl, long before a wider world I knew, something was not quite right with me. I recall large family gatherings, the ones where endless amounts of feeling-stuffing food was passed around freely, yet not a single word of meaningful conversation ever...