There is no time of the year that I am as aware of my shortage of family of origin as I am at the holidays. This is what some of us were raised with, right? Holidays are about family. Old songs extoll traveling long miles over snowy roads to be with family for that special […]
Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’
The Un-Spirit of Christmas
Posted: 17th December 2017 by admin in BlogTags: Christmas, family, family of choice, grief work, healing, holiday traditions, holidays
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Among Firsts
Posted: 10th January 2014 by admin in BlogTags: Christmas, family, family of choice, firsts, holidays, New Year, refection, transman
The mom spending the first Christmas without her son. The daughter spending the first Christmas without her mom. The mom whose son was deployed to Afghanistan at the beginning of December. The young transman whose family has disowned him after his body started to change, when it was obvious this was no longer “just a […]