• Our weekly family dinners started as a simple invitation when I needed it most. • As a busy mom, it's the one night all week I can fully relax. • We've set boundaries around this night, and it's been going on for seven years.

I've been reflecting lately on my life as a working mom — thinking about what drains me vs. what fills me up. There's one thing that gets me through the week more than anything else: our Wednesday night dinner at Grandma's house.

An invitation became my lifeline

Years ago, when we moved closer to my parents, accepting an invitation to dinner was a no-brainer. But it wasn't always so easy. In fact, for a while, we lived overseas in England, so visits to and from family were few and far between. So, when an opportunity arose to move closer to my parents, we too

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