Family Networking

We cannot destroy kindred: our chains stretch a little sometimes, but they never break. ~Marquise de Sévigné
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Newsflash ~
The Announcement of the plans. Date Set. All the Plans made, promised, reservations committments, confirmed dates.
Yikes!
Presentation of ammended plans. Problem predicted.
Radar up....signals....
confirm ---
Conflict in original plans. Feelings alert. Feelings could be hurt.
Signal ~ Head of the network -- Grandma...
Grandma runs message through to closest in command at that unit station,
Advise of 'drift of situation' --- relayed, received, confirmed,
passed down to her command area.
Impulse felt, received, registered,
Situation shifted. Rescheduled. Original plans reset. No harm, no foul.
All is well.
And most are none the wiser.
(deep breath)

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To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.~Confucious

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Families have to work in code sometimes. Go outside the circle, around the edges, behind the backstop, use the walkie-talkies, don't directly hit the offender ...to be successful.

Some people like to tell it out straight; Tell it *like it is* -- and that works for some, but my heart won't let me. My heart says, if I'm going to err, I'm going to err on the side of gentleness. That will be my way. I can see no point in the otherwise.