Comments on: Being deliberate in building their memories http://jamiebirch.com/being-deliberate-in-building-their-memories/ Luck is the intersection of preparation and opportunity. Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:50:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JamieW http://jamiebirch.com/being-deliberate-in-building-their-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-203 JamieW Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:08:49 +0000 http://jamiebirch.com/?p=78#comment-203 My memories weren't deliberate on my parent's part - and it seems our tradition was one of having no tradition! My step-kids remember days at our house - having homemade pancakes, coffee cake, pies - just because I made good ones and every one liked them. My Mom is turning 80 in a few weeks. She has a type of dementia - she asks me: Did you and your sister have a happy childhood? Did we do a good job? Yes, there are many happy memories - and there are other memories too. One tradition we had was a time in the morning to read the Bible as a family. (Not on school days) Dad read and often elaborated on the passage he chose. And we prayed. I can't say I always enjoyed this time - for example, when I was 10 years old on vacation waiting to waterski on the smooth water....., but I am grateful now for his concern for my spiritual life - and now as I set time aside each day for my own spiritual life, I realize this is most definately something I learned from my parents - a tradition continued. My memories weren’t deliberate on my parent’s part – and it seems our tradition was one of having no tradition!
My step-kids remember days at our house – having homemade pancakes, coffee cake, pies – just because I made good ones and every one liked them.
My Mom is turning 80 in a few weeks. She has a type of dementia – she asks me: Did you and your sister have a happy childhood? Did we do a good job?
Yes, there are many happy memories – and there are other memories too.

One tradition we had was a time in the morning to read the Bible as a family. (Not on school days) Dad read and often elaborated on the passage he chose. And we prayed. I can’t say I always enjoyed this time – for example, when I was 10 years old on vacation waiting to waterski on the smooth water….., but I am grateful now for his concern for my spiritual life – and now as I set time aside each day for my own spiritual life, I realize this is most definately something I learned from my parents – a tradition continued.

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