The holidays in the last two months of the year – namely, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc. – are often times for sharing hearty meals and catching up with relatives and friends we may not have seen for a while. These can be happy occasions, awkward encounters, or even stormy confrontations. Sometimes, these get-togethers lead to sad […]
Tag: family relations
47. Starry Eyed
Hey, there, everybody. I was telling my husband Anton about some fun things from my past when he said that I should include them in a post. So, here goes. What follows is shameless name-dropping. A few months ago, I was sad to learn that Dame Diana Rigg had passed away. She became one of […]
43. When Family Drama Becomes Public Trauma
We are all influenced and shaped by our families, who are the people that as children we interact with the most. As we grow up, we often absorb and adopt some of the attitudes, views, and behaviors of our parents, our siblings, and other family members. I’m no psychologist, so my ideas on this are […]
33. For Love of Money – Part 2
This is a story about greed and how greed within a family can affect generations that come later. Let’s say that it happened in Southern Italy, in the family of “Domenico.” More precisely, the story begins with his mother’s family. Her grandparents owned several pieces of valuable farmland. As a result, they were able to […]
32. The Resentment Piranha
I have been struggling for a while with resentment toward a family member. The feeling stems from my view that this person has unfairly treated another relative who is vulnerable and not well. If my words of caution had been followed years ago, the vulnerable family member would be in a much better situation, of […]
2. On the Road to …
My sister was driving me in her old cinquecento (Fiat 500) to a new doctor in Naples, and she was unfamiliar with the city. She had never driven there, and if you know Naples, you know how big, congested, and confusing it is. I’ve never driven, so the best I could do was read the […]
ANTON CIRCLES HIS WORLD 