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

planner, I needed to be everywhere at once.

I was in the hotel’s business center, printing final confirmation vouchers, when I heard a familiar voice drifting from the adjacent concierge desk. The dividing wall was essentially a decorative screen, and Eleanor’s imperious tone cut right through it.

“There will be twelve seats, not thirteen,” she was instructing continue reading …