spaceflower
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 Alternative Family Reunion
I have a friend who has gone NC with her FOO. She has a counselor that has been giving her advice about how to carry on with her life minus the biologically connected abusive organisms she dealt with for years. The counselor's advice: create a new family!
Ok, she was really uncomfortable with this at first. She thought people would be put off by this, or think it's inappropriate. She emailed her friends to ask for stories about how they first met, and what their relationship is like now. She was apologetic and felt awkward, but, we all were flattered that she reached out to us, and wanted us to be part of her "family album and stories."
This summer she's taken it to another level. She has planned a family reunion with all of us. Again, we are all flattered and look forward to a party in the park. We're being supportive and helping out to plan it. Some peeps are deciding what relative to become. Sister, brother, aunt...etc. So, it's all in good fun. And I'll some bring old pictures along of us "as kids" in college, too.
She is flattered that her friends are so receptive to this. The feeling's mutual.
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Jun/25/2009, 7:25 am
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