What is a family? | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Stephanie Weigel (sjweigelstudents.wisc.edu) | |
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 11:36:01 -0600 (MDT) |
After reading the email from the group in Arizona, who are trying to decide whether to open up some recently available homes in their communities to "families", I was somewhat uneasy when I came to realize that by familes they meant "people with children". I consider myself, my 2 dogs, and 2 cats, a family. This is how we are constituted now, but we also include the potential for additions down the road -- children, a partner, heaven help us more dogs or cats, or maybe a good friend would decide to join the family and we might live together as a functioning unit. None of us really knows what the future holds. I recognize that people with children are eager to have playmates for their children in community. It also seems that lots of cohousing discussion centers around attracting "diversity". I would offer that diversity includes diversity of family strucutures. Who knows what some of the people who might join in one of those 3 available units might have to offer? Sometimes it seems it may be wise to trust the process of the universe to bring those to us that are maybe meant to be there. This is in no way meant to critisize the Milagro (great name!) folks, recognizing that they like all communities are working to do what is best for their group. Rather, in these scary times it seems important to me as a single person to ask for inclusive consideration rather than exclusion. I am also interested in others' ideas of what a "family" is. Peace. Stephanie Weigel sjweigel [at] students.wisc.edu Madison, WI Troy Gardens Cohousing (a community in formation) _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l
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What is a family? Stephanie Weigel, September 23 2001
- Re: What is a family? Sharon Villines, September 23 2001
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Re: What is a family? Molly Williams, September 23 2001
- Re: What is a family? Elizabeth Stevenson, September 23 2001
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