Our housing co-op talks constantly about being a chosen family but when someone needs real support during a crisis we default to polite distance and self-reliance and I realized we've built intimacy around shared meals but not shared vulnerability. We're community in the easy times only.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group that values closeness discovers their bonds are more fragile than they believed when tested by actual need and crisis.
“Where Are You with Chronic illness and identity?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.