Thursday, September 16, 2010

I find this brilliant and funny all at once

When talking to my psychiatrist, I often refer to, "my family." But then I always have to throw in, "the one I grew up with, not the one I have now." He said that there is a clarification that makes it much easier to keep them straight in my head, to compartmentalize them if you will. The family I grew up with is, "my family of origin." The family that Husband and I have created is, "my family."


The family that Husband and I have created is "MY FAMILY."

It does feel so much better to have that all straightened out.

3 comments:

OHN said...

Love it so much I might steal it :)

Rumour Miller said...

It's so true!

Mrs. Kravitz said...

I've missed your posts... glad to see you back in action! :)