The next Post will be by my first invited Guest Poster, Topiarystepmom! Topiarystepmom is the founder of the Parents Who Walk Away (PWWA) discussion group on the DailyStrength.org site. She founded PWWA in October 2011 and the group now has 232 members. She has had four decades of serial estrangement experience. She is the first…
Note to estranged daughter
As you know, I can see the many many visits that you've been making to my blog. I also can see from the source of some links that bring you and others to my blog that you've written a post which has a title that references my taking three years to write something and the…
Being Wrong: Part Six
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…
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…
Christopher Hitchens Article on Estrangement, Vanity Fair, 2005
The writer Christopher Hitchens has died. I've spent much of my day so far reading obituaries about him and watching videos of him on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Among the many words written by and about him, I found an article by Hitchens on the estrangements that occur between siblings. It is titled:…
Found videos on YouTube: Estranged Children (2nd part)
Here is Estranged Children Part 2, created by Nigella4me on YouTube.