Our adult kids live far away and when they visit for holidays it's like we're all trying to recreate something that doesn't exist anymore instead of figuring out what our family actually is now. Everyone's performing nostalgia and it feels hollow but no one wants to be the one to break the spell.
More people experience this than they realize.
A family is clinging to an outdated version of intimacy instead of discovering what genuine connection looks like in their current reality.
“Where Are You with Confucian filial piety — examined?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.