Who's who in the Family

This week we talked a lot about the different roles and rules that families have. As I thought about my own family I recognized that we did all have our different roles, that we played within the family. One member could be the drama queen, while another is the peacemaker. Still another could be the rebel, or instigator. Every member has a different kind of personality that they bring into the family system. We also had those unspoken rules that needed to be followed. For example, we had what I liked to refer to as the Cup Hierarchy, where everyone's cup had a specific spot in the dishwasher. Dad got to control the remote, and Saturday was always Eggs and Bacon for breakfast. These rules, while often going unnoticed, where an everyday part of our life as a family, and only now as I pause to look back on them, do I truly come to recognize them.