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How chosen family bonds evolve across decades

I moved in with my best friend's family during high school and they saved my life but now twenty years later I don't know if I still belong there or if I'm just visiting my own past.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Chosen family relationships formed in crisis can become complicated as circumstances and people change over time.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Chosen family — building belonging intentionally?”

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