FEST Writing Group

I tried to post this yesterday and failed to publish it, Sorry it's late in this Festwg session to publish one this long. So, for what it's worth. This is a piece I'm working on as part of an article on natural systems thinking and the human family  in an online journal that focusses on.

This is a different kind of entry, a reaching out for information that could be helpful in understanding a severe problem in a family member.  I hope it will be within the mission of FESTwg for me to describe the experience of the past six months and to ask for ideas any or all of.

Last night I was dining with my 80-year-old mother and my niece.   It was Mother's first meal at the assisted living facility she moved into the day prior.  The salad was fresh, the chicken nuggets weren't, and Mom was distressed.  A strained smile tried to still her quivering lip. "I know I shouldn't say this,.

This is a rewrite of what I submitted two years ago. Froma Walsh in 1978 discovered some rather remarkable facts about schizophrenia. 41% of schizophrenics had a grandparent die(GD) within two years of their birth, over four times more than would have been expected in the general population. A solid explanation for that has.

Hi All, Laura had asked me about what I had learned in working with parents at the Child Guidance Clinic in Springfield, so I started to write something up, which then changed into something quite different from what Laura had requested!  But it was an interesting exercise for me . . . It’s too long, but if.