Well, Thanksgiving is over now. Is it too late to avoid Holiday Conflicts? I’m attaching an an article from Oprah Winfrey online. the author is Niro Feliciano, LCSW). Oprah of course is always correct and connects with good advise. Just like good old Uncle Joe, right? Uncle Joe is fictional, but do we know anyone who knows everything about everything? Like the progressive commercial, are we turning into home owners that are just like our previouis generation? What old hurts, new hurts lie hidden in the comments at dinner? This weeks picture is a tapestry with a few people in my family I’m close to. There many family members not in the tapestry, as we have grown apart over our lifetime for one reason the other…… Like many families geographic changes and different opinions have pushed us apart…… How many of us still live close to our birth familes? How many have moved far away due to school or job committments?
I’m hoping that during Thanksgiving, everyone followed Oprahs advice, set boundries, avoid certain subjects and other important Oprah advice. I wonder if we can get Oprah to speak at next years ADHD conference? Anyway, how about knowing that perfection isn’t always expected, or that old hurts and conflicts are not yet resolved, (or maybe will never be resolved)?
My thinking and suggestion is to limit time with your relatives if conflict is expected. Can people stay at a motel, hotel? Maybe we can pay for a suite of rooms, rather than have everyone tripping over each other for a day or two, tell you what, I’ll pay for the hotel, what do you think?
Anyway Happy holidays, I’m hoping it’s not to late to avoid conflicts, but if so we have Christmas and maybe next year to make up if there was a big fight. Or may not, is it time to cut ties with some people? I certainly don’t know, I’m from out of town and don’t know anything.
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