Estrangements

Additional survey questions

2009-08-13T11:05:07-04:00

At the end of May I posted a link to a survey on the topic of Family Estrangement. Some additional questions have been added to the survey in order to gather information on patterns of estrangement in families. If you...

A Survey on Family Estrangement

2009-05-29T20:21:18-04:00

My friend who is working on a documentary about Family Estrangements has prepared two surveys on the topic. She asks both parents estranged from their children and children estranged from their parents to respond to the survey. Here is what...

A small piece of the past revisited

2009-04-26T10:04:02-04:00

It's been a long time since I wrote a post that talked about estrangement. It is almost a year since the dialogue begun on May 12, 2008 that I had with my estranged daughter in the comment section of a...

Estranged Stories ~ a new support group on Ning.

2009-01-24T10:15:37-05:00

There is a new online site for sharing stories of family estrangement. It is a Ning group. The link to it is here: Estranged Stories

Family Estrangement inspired by online philosopher

2008-12-29T14:57:09-05:00

I found a startling news article online today about family estrangements that were influenced and/or inspired by the writings and podcasts of a man, Stefan Molyneux, who considers himself to be a philosopher. He has been blamed for a number...

Article on AARP: "The Estrangement" by Jamaica Kincaid

2008-12-18T18:24:02-05:00

"The Estrangement" by Jamaica Kincaid, May/June 2008 An article on a mother/daughter estrangement that was not resolved and for which the author has no regrets. From the first paragraph: "Three years before my mother died, I decided not to speak...

Q&A on Writing and Coping with Estrangement & the Holidays

2008-12-07T13:22:05-05:00

A reader asked me a question recently. She asked if I had any tips for dealing with the holidays. Another reader asked if I had stopped writing on my blog. I've been thinking about the answers to both of these...

What can you change?

2008-07-26T10:14:25-04:00

You cannot change the cards you are dealt. Just how you play the hand. Randy Pausch 1961- July 25, 2008 Randy Pausch - Life Teacher

Proof that you are not alone. Part II

2008-07-08T13:33:18-04:00

On October 7, 2007 I wrote a post titled "Proof that you are not alone" and then provided data about visitors to my website, Estrangements.com, and the Estrangements blog. Let's see what has been going on since then. The data...

Triple Crown Winner: A Horse Named Addiction

2008-06-08T10:56:38-04:00

This is the second attempt to write about my father for this Father's Day post. I thought of writing about how imperfect he was and how I had not estranged him. I started to write and talk about the negative...