I’ve been a bit reticent to mention my recent trip to Hawaii in light of the global economic meltdown. No one wants to hear about frolicking in the tropical Pacific when the chips are down.
But it’s true–I just got back from Hawaii, where my family spent two weeks celebrating my parents 40th wedding anniversary. It [...]

I remember when Christmas was something to look forward to. Now, Christmas is the penultimate stage in December’s anxiety-inducing social gauntlet AND the litmus test for how well the family unit’s functioning under the weight of all the personalities in the family tugging at each other.
It feels more like 2008 is a conveyor belt I’ve [...]