FAMILY IS LIKE BRANCHES ON A TREE, WE ALL GROW IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, BUT OUR ROOTS REMAIN AS ONE.
Create memories and a heartfelt bond with traditions that your family will look forward to even when they are grown. Memories that last a lifetime. Start when they’re young. Make the effort and carve out time to connect with each child individually. As they get older and are adults with their own schedules and lives, make time for the together times, to experience the heartfelt bonding that occurs when you all reunite.
It takes more of an effort as children grow into adults but it’s so worth it especially when its an extended period of time like days or a week. When your family is new and your children are young is the time to lay the foundation, even before they are born, with your intent of what you want to create. These traditions are different in every family, and the traditions that you create don’t have to be the same as your Parents or Grandparents, you can create your own.
In my own family, I’m so grateful and blessed that my grown children remember what my husband and I created for them. From our hearts, we gave so much to them in the way of traditions. Just being anchors in our home trying to be supportive, loving, encouraging and respecting one another, and while not perfect. Whether it was daily, weekly, monthly, seasonally, yearly traditions and values, it was and still is a strong anchor in our home, and it comes from me and my Husband and from our parents before us.
The beautiful thing is now that our children are grown they have the same values. They give back to us by remembering and talking about those things and those times and by wanting to still have them. I’m so thankful to feel the love from my grown children that my heart is so full of joy and love.
My hope is that this new generation of young families will create and experience the heartfelt family bonds and traditions that they dream of to last a lifetime. When your children are very young take the time to connect with them daily. Connect with them individually, if you have more than one child to create special time with them.
Holidays, Sunday dinners, vacations, birthdays, etc. are so many examples of what could be family traditions and times to bond as well as everyday simple time. There are many opportunities to create family bonds so that even when your children have grown these memories and heartfelt loving times will last a lifetime.
Love and Light,
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