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- Remember that Michael Jackson song? Black or White?Sometimes, we can see things as all black. Other times, we can see things as all white. However, not all things are totally black or totally white - in fact, black and white are a mixture of hues of...
- I imagine a better world with the healing of fractured families. Less anger, bitterness, divisions, sadness, crime, loneliness, divorces, etc., if families were not broken apart.Forgiving, praying and believing for the restoration of families and...
- Just wanted to throw this out there to think about. What do you think is reasonable behavior from your estranged adult child for you to consider reconciliation? What would make a reconciliation possible? If you reconciled, what would you reasonably...
- Whether we are presently estranged from our adult children, in the midst of attempting reconciliation or newly reconciled, each of us are learning new relationship behaviors with with our estranged adult children.Some of us may have had relationship...
- Yesterday, I was invited to dinner and there I met two other dinner guests. I believe God orchestrates our steps and brings to us what we need at the time. These guests were meant to be there to reveal something to me.They came to show me what is...
- I'm saddened when I read posts about how estranged adult children are choosing to treat their parents. I'm encouraged when I read posts about how we are healing - with or without reconciliation - each of us is healing at our own pace and in our own...
- Sometimes, our estranged adult children leave us hanging. We don't really know when we will see them again. When we will hear from them again. If they will respond to a b-day card, letter, call, email or text. We don't really know if they will ever...
- We all know what ATMs are and what they used are for. We use them to take out cash for our expenses, deposit money, make transfers. They are convenient and better than having to race to the bank before it closes.It appears that most estranged adult...
- The bible speaks about our children honoring their parents. Proverbs references it many times saying that a child who obeys their parent brings honor to them while one who doesn't brings disgrace.Clearly, God shows us our place as parents. Its a...
- Extra, Extra, Read All About It! Estranged Adult Children everywhere, read it on your I-Pads, see it on Facebook and tag your friends about it, open it in your email messages, check your cell phones for it in a Text Message, download it on your...
- Some recent posts have spoken about EC (estranged adult children) "throwing away" their parents. The posts mentioned EC hitting the "ignore" button when their parents call. The posts have referenced EC shunning their parents. The posts told about EC...
- I wonder where it went? It used to be around. You saw it in the stores, on the buses, iin the hospitals, in the classrooms, at the workplaces, among family, between children and their parents and even on TV.Now, its rare. Especially in this...
- With Christmas coming up, I recalled the classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge. It is one of my favorite movies. I like the lessons it teaches. I was thinking about how it could relate to Estrangement.Our EC are making choices that will greatly affect...
- I started to think about what the perfect relationship with my EC would look like. What would the perfect relationship with me look like for my EC?I read this meditation on Letting Go of Perfection that brought a different perspective on...
- Prior to estrangement, when my EC was a teen living at home his behavior was downright mean. Each day things were unbearable with chaos and tension my constant companions. A counselor who was seeing us said something to me that has always stuck with...