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

sheets barely ruffled. There would be a hastily scribbled note on the nightstand—Meeting father for breakfast—and by the time I was dressed, Sean would be gone.

The entire family seemed to operate on a telepathic frequency I couldn’t access. They would disappear for hours on “impromptu” excursions that somehow everyone knew about except me. When I walked continue reading …