Sometimes I wonder if I recreate traditions each year for her sake or for my sake, in order to soothe my empty nest feelings. Sometimes SHE reminds me and that does my heart good to know that our traditions are important to BOTH of us.
Here's one of our traditions, caramel apple decorating!! I hope you find some time to enjoy traditions with someone you love this weekend.
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I have mixed feelings about family traditions like that. On one hand, I LOVE it. I look forward to the stuff we do every year. But sometimes, the older you get... something forces a break in tradition and it hurts. For example, I learned I can survive being alone on Christmas Day. I hated it, but I survived. I hope never to experience it again, but at least now, I know I'll be fine if it ever happens again.
Lucky you! It does go by so fast, I hope the gmen won't outgrow our traditions any time soon.
Now you got me thinking that this weekend might be a good time to decorate our Halloween gingerbread house!
Yummy tradition
I am long out of my parent's house and it upsets me if they don't keep up with traditions after I am gone!! I try to do as many as my parents did, but I can't do them all. I think it's for both!
Love the deelish tradition. Gosh1 I would give anything to be a 'mommy' again but live thru the kid-lings to carry on our traditions.
Have a lovely weekend ~
TTFN ~
Marydon
I agree with Finn - when I left (the youngest of four) Mom gave up doing anything. It makes me sad to think these traditions are gone.
Sam
Yum, I could eat one of these apples ☺
Very sweet sentiment. Have a fabulous Friday.
Best wishes Molly
Our family traditions fell by the wayside as my kids became adults and started their own traditions. Sad!
yummyyyyyyyyyyyy
Hi Parsley, yum yum, love Carmel apples. Here in Canada it's our Thanksgiving long weekend so my family and me will for sure be making tradition, gobble gobble.Blessings Francine.
We still do traditions in our family maybe it cos we never really had an empty nest cos ours went right from kids to grandkids...we are very lucky to be so loved...
Stella roses mom
My daughter won't let me change anything, our traditions mean that much to her. Keep making those memories!
Oh friend..
I so understand. My youngest is now 20.
What I would'nt do for one more weekend with them all little camping out on the living room floor for movie night.
A giant tub of ice cream and popcorn.
All my sweeties and gran-sweeties are going sunday for pumpkins.
I am happy.
Love the yummy apples.
HUGS
Trace
www.grannytracescrapsandsquares.com
The apples look delicious! What I didn't realize about traditions is when you don't do the traditions, they really miss them, even though they might not want to have anything to do with them or pretend they don't want to have anything to do with them. But then I learned eventually they are willing to move away from some traditions and move on to a different type of relationship as they get older.
may the weekend be a nice one!
betty
Those caramel apples look delish!
Cotton
Yummy, I love carmel apples.
Family traditions are so special...they bring such sweet memories to mind!
A good tasty tradition at that. Easy to remember them in years to come.
Mmm looks yummy
Your first phrase caught me...:)
Parsley,
I understand the bittersweet acknowledgement that a daughter is no longer your child. Some complain about 'all the work' that comes with holidays. But traditions are based on memories and those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together, long after we are gone.
As always, a heart warming post.
Your Friend,
Deborah
FairfieldHouseNJ.com
Sometimes it is not easy to catch up with all those customs.We have Roman Catholic and Orthodox customs,too in my family.Double Christmas and Easter and where all the other holidays...We have the Day of our Family's Saint on the 24th of November(Orthodox) ,the 13th of December Luca's Day(Roman Catholic). I like them all,enjoy them with my daughters,family.I think I should write all the things we should do,how we should do it in a notebook not to forget...
"bittersweet acknowledgement"LOVE IT:)
so great ! it reminds me when I was young and used to go to the fun fair =)
here the caramel is red coloured and we call them 'Pomme d'Amour' what a cute name isn't it =)
xxxx
Your daughter is a precious one. You are blessed.
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