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

swallowing insults, of accepting crumbs of affection, of trying to prove I was worthy of the name Caldwell. It had taken its toll, but not in the way they hoped. Instead of breaking me, they had simply hardened my resolve. I was no longer the eager-to-please girl from Boston. I was a woman with a plan.

The Caldwell family had arranged to meet in the continue reading …