Family boundaries and celebrations: Why exclusion from a dinner plan led to a difficult decision regarding a birthday event

Heat pressed against his skin, a physical weight.

“Keep barking, boy!” he yelled, his voice breaking as he coughed. “I’m coming! Keep talking to me!”

Thor barked again. Stronger. Louder. A beacon in the storm.

And though Ethan couldn’t see the flames licking up the walls, though he couldn’t see the debris falling around him, he knew one truth with absolute continue reading …