http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/08/05/family-squabbles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=family-squabbles Girl-friendly points of view from women living midlife with humor and grace, keeping it real—staying young and healthy in heart and mind. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:30:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/08/05/family-squabbles/comment-page-1/#comment-265 CRobin Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:01:26 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=183#comment-265 Family by choice is so much easier isn't it? I believe that the family we're handed,is for lessons to learn, stuff to work through. Love takes many paths. We can choose to dismiss the family members we don't like, but if they come as part of a package, we make the sacrifices and deal. The Four Gateways of Speech: necessary, kind, true, the right time. Excellent. I will try to remember those. Thanks. Family by choice is so much easier isn’t it? I believe that the family we’re handed,is for lessons to learn, stuff to work through. Love takes many paths. We can choose to dismiss the family members we don’t like, but if they come as part of a package, we make the sacrifices and deal. The Four Gateways of Speech: necessary, kind, true, the right time. Excellent. I will try to remember those. Thanks.

]]> http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/08/05/family-squabbles/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Conz Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:10:22 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=183#comment-264 How awful is it that when someone tells me they come from a family that isn't dysfunctional I almost never believe them? My on-going challenge is to keep my fat yap shut and just listen. Thanks Melissa. How awful is it that when someone tells me they come from a family that isn’t dysfunctional I almost never believe them? My on-going challenge is to keep my fat yap shut and just listen. Thanks Melissa.

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