This is My House

Men of Fuel

Woke up this morning for the first time since last Thursday “Not Stuffed”, and I have to admit that it felt good. And while it took a few days for all of that food to be processed, so did the amount of things that I took in while interacting with my family. Now while I did not have the “hornet’s nest” to contend with that Pat described for us in a previous E-mail, I still had 20 family members gathered together each with their own insecurities and issues that all work together to create our own unique brand of dysfunction.

What was so interesting to me was the fact that these three sisters ( My mom and two Aunts) all grew up in the same house, and while there are times that I can see the similarities in the way they act, they each play a different role vastly different than the other two. What’s even more interesting is that only one of my Aunts can see it, or is at least willing to talk about it. It shouldn’t be much of a surprise that she is probably the most grounded. I guess the next question would be, is she more grounded because she is willing to talk about it, or is she willing to talk about it because she is the most grounded. My argument would be for the former.

How did your Thanksgiving go? Any family dynamics that sound familiar to the above? Anyone in the family that didn’t get invited? Did you not get invited?

Family can be the greatest thing in the world, which is the power that makes the dysfunction so destructive.

Do I realize that “My House” possess that same power? The power of life or death that is dispensed on a daily basis.

Am I intentional in all of my actions or by default am I replicating the dysfunction of the past?

Come on out this Wednesday as we begin our new series “My House”

Everyone has lived in one, is the one you are in today allowing people to live?

See you tomorrow morning

D.R.

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