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How to Have a Successful Family Discussion

You want to have a family dinner – at the table, where you’re all having a discussion – but then you get to dinner time and you’re so tired. Turning on the TV and vegging out while you eat your veggies sounds so much better. Why do we hesitate? Why…
Rebecca S Mullen
May 18, 2020
Marriage

How do you define marriage? Friends? Partners? Lovers?

"Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally recognized union between people, called spouses, that establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws."   - Wikipedia With an accepted definition like that, it’s no wonder marriage is loaded…
Rebecca S Mullen
May 8, 2020
Understanding Grief

Grief: A Grown Up Sandbox

Grief can be a mysterious thing. It just kinda wants to pour though me like water or sand. It’s wordless. As soon as I try to put my hands around it, it squishes out the sides, escaping in grains or droplets. When my mother died I found myself wanting to…
Rebecca S Mullen
April 17, 2020
ParentingUnderstanding Grief

Complimentary Colors

We arrive at the campus together, her first college visit as she begins to make her choice. She is scheduled to take a class at 9:45 as a way to introduce her to college life. Half an hour to kill. I think she’d rather have sat still, but feet walking…
Rebecca S Mullen
April 10, 2020