Family · Life Cycle
Family Reunification Worksheet
First 90 days after long separation
Reunification after deployment, incarceration, hospitalization, or long-distance separation is not a return to normal — it's building a new normal. This sheet plans the first 90 days with intention.
What each person is bringing back
What changed in them; what changed in us
Re-entry pacing
Week
Priority
What we're not doing yet
Renegotiating roles
Roles the at-home parent/partner took over — what stays, what returns
Kid-facing plan
How we re-introduce the returning parent to routines, discipline, and daily life
Slow the reunion
The instinct to make it feel normal fast is what makes reunification fail. Slow, small, predictable wins.