Hitting Home with Family

There is a wisdom in the phrase “hitting home” that applies to the family gathering. When something “hits home” it hits us emotionally so that we finally believe it. I find it useful to let the discord and even displeasure with certain family dynamics (and sometimes certain members’ habits or ways of communicating) hit home. In other words, I face my feelings, and then I accept that this is a pattern that is likely going to occur again. From there, I fully accept it. I make peace with it. It is not me. It is not in my control to change. And even if it were, the Thanksgiving dinner table is not the place to change it.