I woke up this morning and realized that I was not finished yet in talking about Being Wrong. There is another important question that we can ask ourselves as we examine our ability to be wrong and how our errors impact ourselves and others. Going back to the description of what occurred between Carol and…
For Adult Kids
Being Wrong: Part 5
That sure was a long seven days since I last posted an entry on this topic of being wrong! That delay occurred despite my best intentions to do what I said that I was going to do. It has been difficult for me to finish this piece. My goal is to make a point but…
Being Wrong, Part 4: How is it that sometimes we choose the wrong answer?
Funny how things change. In that first post on Being Wrong that I wrote in May 2011, I talked about a couple that I knew, "Bob" and "Janice" and how I had gone from initially disliking them a lot to becoming good friends with them. I was using that transformation as an example of how…
Being Wrong, Post #3: When you’re just plain wrong.
Over a year ago I wrote two posts on the subject of "Being Wrong" inspired by a book titled "Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error" by Kathryn Schulz. I said that I would write more on the subject of being wrong but till now, I hadn't written another word. However, I continue to…
Mother’s Day 2012: Eleven Selected Links
March 9, 2012 Estranged from my mum on Mother's Day May 11, 2012 Kelly Pickler, article, song & video: "Mother's Day" Is Gift of Closure My Mother Mother's Day: To Estranged Mother Greeting Card Father's Day Cards to Estranged Father Greeting Card Interestingly, there are several choices of cards for estranged fathers but only one…
On New Year’s resolutions & happiness: posts on the E-stranged blog
As the new year begins, some of us make resolutions. I visited Fiona McColl's E-stranged blog this week and found two superb posts that she wrote that resonate with me and that I am linking below along with the thoughts that those posts inspire. The first linked post is on her New Year's resolution. The…
Family Estrangement: When being able to be wrong is a strength.
This week I found a post that was about something that can make or break a relationship: the need to be right. The post is at: The Wrong Stuff: Those Three Little Words: ("Honey, You're right!"): Harville Hendrix on Being Wrong. On Slate, August 9, 2010. Harville Hendrix, author of Getting the Love You Want,…
Personal stories of loss through estrangement and death
The link below goes to a story by a son on the death of his father from whom he was estranged. They were estranged because of the father's deterioration due to Alzheimer's. It is a poignant story that is accompanied below on that page by links to the stories of others who were estranged from…
More from Dr. Cara Barker on being estranged from family
After Dr. Barker's article last week that touched on estrangement, she received so many responses that she continued on that topic today: December 20, 2010: Learning to Love from Afar by Dr. Cara Barker (I particularly liked what one of her readers said: "Don't trip on what's behind you.")
Dec. 20: Articles on coping with being estranged during Christmas
Thanksgiving is in the subject title but Gould writes about the entire holiday season, not only Thanksgiving, in this article that touches on the more difficult situations that we deal with at this time of year. Including estrangement: November 23, 2010: Thanksgiving – – Sink or Swim by Roger Gould, author of Shrink Yourself: End…