Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 19 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. It’s Sunday, and traditionally in England it’s the day for a family lunch —the usual Sunday lunch. I feel that my mother is trying to compete with Julie for attention, control, and perhaps even to sabotage my relationship. It has become clear that every Sunday she pretty much decides what […]
Sunday, the 28th of April 2024: “Complex Family Ties”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 12 degrees, cold, slightly sunny, overcast and with showers. Sunday is traditionally a day when I try to be alone in the morning, enjoy quality time with myself, and do what I want. Today was no different; I exercised alone, worked upstairs in my bedroom, and basically just relaxed. My mother was pottering about upstairs, coming […]
Monday, the 25th of March 2024: “Motherly Love without the Necessary compassion”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 6 degrees, bitterly cold, grey and with rain. It is the first day of the last week of the month, and also the first day after a wonderful weekend. My weekend with Julie, probably our first weekend where we saw each other on both Saturday and Sunday, was also nice for spending some quality time with her […]
Tuesday the 12th of December 2023: “Family Dynamics”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 8 degrees, cold, overcast, and rainy. I have been in England for 19 days now, and I’m having a whale of a time. Not a good time as in partying and going out every night, but a whale of a time in respect to being able to do all the things I had come to England to […]
Monday the 11th of December 2023: “Family, Friction and Change”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 8 degrees, cold, overcast, and rainy. I will be officially on holiday in a week and a half until the new year. I was going to go to Sheffield this coming weekend to visit my brother and his family, but after talking to my mother, I think it would be better to go for the new year. […]
Friday the 8th of December 2023: “Family Problems”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 7 degrees, cold, cloudy and slightly rainy. It has been two weeks since I arrived in England, and the time has rushed by. Only after two weeks have, I got to talk to my brother. When I arrived on November 25th, my brother’s wife Debbie called me with the first words of incrimination: “Well, you kept this […]
Sunday, the 2nd of April 2023: “Coping with Unexpected Changes and Family Matters”!!!
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 26 °C, hot and sunny. It is Sunday, and the second half of this toxic weekend. I had a misunderstanding with Yasmin yesterday, and today, the second part of the weekend will be with her mother; however, I did not know this yet. The morning began well; I exercised early at the end of Leme. Afterwards, […]