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

exposed their plan, and made the kind of public display that would live in family lore for generations. That was what they expected. That was what the script demanded. Eleanor would comfort a “distraught” Sean, and the divorce narrative would write itself.

Instead, I straightened my shoulders. I lifted my chin. I channeled every ounce of dignity I continue reading …