A family secret someday becomes one person’s open wound. Before marrying, check the radiation level; over time keeping warm at night ranks higher and higher.
Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine might have done better if they had adopted one of the Addams family’s values — develop a high tolerance for wierdness.
What is a family? It is a place where the sacred and the profane exist side-by-side and where we make choices both holy and unholy. Therefore, it is a place where, in the end, one thing must rule — forgiveness.
A long, destructive family dysfunction can can come to a sudden, neck-jerking end with your next choice.
Ask of every rule you make for your children, what value does it flow from? When the value becomes embedded in the child, the rule may no longer be needed. The goal is for our children to grow out of our rules and into our values,
There is one thing men should be able to tell women to do with their bodies – take them out of the bathroom.
