WHEN MY sister’s family approaches the altar for Holy Communion, they break out of the single-file line and gather in a group before the priest, and she, her husband and their four children take the ...

Our family, like yours, has all kinds of rituals we perform with our children. Some are handed down. Most we started. A few may live on for our future (and hypothetical) grandkids. These are the ...

We can define ritual as a re-enactment of a previous event, in some cases a traumatic one, within the safety of sympathetic relationships. Its objective is not to repeat the trauma, but to bring ...

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Looking for the perfect gift for your significant other? Sure, go ahead and gift the classic eye-catching, eye-matching sweater or gemstone studs. (Don’t forget noting the eye color match.) But you ...