These days, when Lorena hears bickering two rooms over, she announces, “Girls, what am I going to ask you?” After a pause, a sigh, or a grunt, they say, “You’re going to ask us if we’re fighting over what we really need… and if we could find a way to have both of us get what we need… and that in our house we’re supposed to solve our own problems respectfully… because you love us and you want us to be successful adults after we grow up and move out.” “Okay,” Lorena replies, “can you have that conversation and work it out?” “Fine!” they yell and huff off, better friends than before and more
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