http://www.choicesconsulting.com/familymatters A column by Arlene (Ari) Istar Lev Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:12:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay, I’ll just say it: I’m getting old. Now, perhaps that doesn’t surprise you, but it shocks me every day. Every day when I find that my body just doesn’t move as quickly as it used to; every day that I have to work a bit harder to balance myself ... http://www.choicesconsulting.com/familymatters/?p=13 There is an old Jewish story that goes something like this: Once upon a time there was a man who lived with his wife, seven children, and aging mother-in-law in a small house. The house was always noisy and messy, and one day he just couldn’t take it anymore and went ... http://www.choicesconsulting.com/familymatters/?p=8 I am writing this column on a beautiful spring morning in 2007, and thinking about the changes in our LGBT family and parenting communities over the past two decades. Perhaps it is a strange way to inaugurate a new column by reflecting on the past, but as I have been ... http://www.choicesconsulting.com/familymatters/?p=1