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Sunday Night Dinner: Rituals That Build a Family Narrative

By Jean Storlie / June 12, 2013 / 3 Comments

“I can’t wait until I go to college so I don’t have to sit through Sunday Night Dinner,” our 18-year-old daughter whined — creating tension and drama — as we gathered for our ritual meal around the dining room table, set with linens and lit with candles. Six months later on her first weekend home…

When Opportunity is Disguised as Loss

By Jean Storlie / June 4, 2013 / 10 Comments

A year ago today, I was laid off from General Mills in a major corporate restructuring. My first reaction was relief – to be free from a job that no longer energized me – and excitement – for the chance to pursue a dream I’d been imagining. Arriving home that first night, I tossed aside…