When ‘Home for the Holidays” Never Ends
November/December 2008 Magazine Issue | Posted by Wayne Laugesen in Marriage on Friday, October 24, 2008
im came home to visit her parents for the Christmas holiday. She hugged her mother Shirley and her father, Deacon Dan. She looked at her brother, with whom she had always been close.
“Hey, Boomer,” Kim said. “How’s the basement these days?”
She had been home all of one minute and the tension was thick. It was the beginning of a week that would change their family dynamic forever — a week that nearly... READ MORE
Falling out of Balance
July/August 2008 Magazine Issue | Posted by Wayne Laugesen in Marriage on Thursday, July 10, 2008
Kristen and Matt had five kids at home when Matt was laid off from his medical technology job in New Mexico. Life had been chaotic and stressful over the years, but now it was worse.
Just to keep bread and milk on the table, Matt quickly went to work for two guys with a pickup who had a makeshift landscaping company.
While Matt mowed lawns and shoveled dirt, Kristen made phone calls trying to find... READ MORE
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