Tag: parents
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Solving the Puzzle
After that great college reunion where I found those lost pieces of who I used to be and still want to be, I spent some time being happy and feeling relieved because I found myself again. And then I told my therapist all about it. And because she’s great at her job and one of…
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Father’s Day
Father’s Day in the US is coming up soon. I feel a way about it because 1. my father is a jerk and 2. because it feels no more appropriate to apply to me than Mother’s Day does. In a way I think they are both stupid Hallmark holidays. Mother’s Day felt really weird and…
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Letting go of what never was
As I continue to think about my recent discovery about food being a positive connection to my father, I move forward. I am now in a place where I can see several things that I didn’t realize as a child or even as a younger adult. All of these realizations have been swirling around me…
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Generational Trauma
My dad and I are working on this relationship improving course from his church group. It’s been a challenge in a lot of ways and while we have had some improvements in our communication with each other, there are still things he just doesn’t want to hear. Today I brought up some of those things…
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Family…or not?
fam-i-ly noun a group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit. “the family lived in a large house with a lot of land.” all the descendants of a common ancestor. “The house has been owned by the same family for 300 years.” adjective designed to be suitable for children…