> Practical Family Living

Recently, I worked with a family that had experienced a traumatic event. Each of the family members had embarked on their own journey to try to make sense of the event and deal with the aftermath. Their paths were each filled with confusion and much grief. Each family member tried to argue their position and get the other family members to see it and experience the event the same way. Needless to say, this created much tension. What was happening? Each of the family members were seeing the traumatic event through their own lens and assigning meaning to it.

Who was right and who was wrong? This is one circumstance in which they were all right and no one was wrong. Once they were able to acknowledge and accept their differences and their reactions, they were able to support one another and help each other to heal.