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In most of my writing, I talk about Love. I believe that Love is extremely important to the health of a family, individual, and even society. Love can cause your heart to dance. Love can create a huge smile on your face. Love can heal wounds. Love can cause your spirit to sing. Love can …
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As a therapist helping families to heal, I view the family as a system with smaller subsystems interacting as one cohesive unit. Within the family system, the smaller subsystems include the parent system, the husband/wife system, and the sibling/children system. If your family is like mine, then those subsystems also include extended family members, such …
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I am an avid reader. As a child, I always loved to read and spent countless hours reading. I was completely elated when I saw that one of my favorite childhood books - A Wrinkle in Time was made into a movie. So yesterday, I took myself on a date and went to see A …
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I recently read a quote by Bob Ehrlich that said, "Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table." I decided to title my blog posts, Sunday Dinner because growing up I remember having big family dinners where Sundays we sat together as a family and enjoyed the delicious …
This week my mother reminded me that my maternal grandparents were married a few days before Christmas. Family was very important to my grandparents and they spent quality time with each of their children and grandchildren as well as nurturing the relationship with each one of us. I was also reminded that Christmas was my …
When I think of Sunday Dinner, I think of families connecting around the dinner table to share with one another what is happening in their lives, their dreams, and their hopes for their families. I think of a time when families made it a point to have meals together sitting at the dinner table with …
Growing up Sunday Dinners were a big deal in my family. I come from a family of women who are great cooks. Our house always smelled with an appetizing aroma from all of the delicious meals my grandmother and mother prepared. Coming from a big family with strong Christian traditions, Sundays were the day that …
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