Dunge Dispatch: Once Upon a Dream
Another Thanksgiving is in the books, and the holiday feast that brings families and friends together (or quite possibly keeps them apart!) is behind us. Leading up to the holiday, like many Americans who celebrate said holiday, I reserved a little time for reflection, as well as forethought, on what I have been and will be thankful for in this life. Certainly, health and good humor (ice cream!), living in an advanced age with many modern conveniences, and definitely friends, loved ones, and family (the lioness in the below photo is not part of my pride, however). Now that the gathering and feasting has passed, it is the subject of the family that brings me to cast a forward thought in an attempt to answer a question that seems to plague modern, Western families: can a working family, especially the breadwinner, expect to have a quality relationship with their family without spending much quality time with the family? Two catalysts caused this question to surface, ...