family dynamics

28 Jul, 2026

We used to enjoy relaxing and de-stressing on the weekends and we tried to involve the two new members of the family. Exhaustion and caregiver stress derailed our efforts to learn to live together as a family. I barely noticed how close I was to breaking point myself.

21 Jul, 2026

2007 was not an easy year. When my elderly mother moved into our already overcrowded house, each family member had to adjust to the uncomfortable reality of living with an elderly parent. First, we had to move and rearrange rooms in the house we had initially planned for three family members.

14 Jul, 2026

The peace in our home was already fragile when my mother came to live with me. What followed was a quiet unravelling shaped by differences related to faith, distance, and long-held resentments. Sharing a home forced those differences into the open and pushed me to draw boundaries I had long avoided.

30 Jun, 2026

Scientists discovered something remarkable just over a century ago. During pregnancy, a few of the baby’s cells cross the placenta and take up residence in the mother’s body. Years later, even decades later, those tiny cells can still be found in her heart, her lungs, her brain, and even in healed scars.