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

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His cane tapped wildly—clack, clack, hiss—searching for safe ground, but the roar of the fire was consuming everything. It sounded like a freight train barreling through the hallway, drowning out his own continue reading …