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

through my veins like acid as I exited the restaurant, stepping out into the cooling Roman evening. But not a single tear fell. Instead, an eerie, glacial calm took over my system. I pulled out my phone and opened the event management app I had built my entire career on. I calculated that I had exactly thirty minutes before they would realize what continue reading …