Posted by Racer on July 22, 2007, at 14:21:35
In reply to Re: IS traditions important d'ya think?, posted by ElaineM on July 22, 2007, at 11:36:52
As Elaine said, traditions don't have to be big things. And they can be made any time.
My husband and I have one tradition, which does come from my family -- on Sundays, I make palascintas for breakfast. He'd never had them, until I made them. We started that about three years ago. I'd always wanted to do it, and figured I'd start sometime. Probably when I had kids. Then, about three years ago, I realized that I was just leaving my life on hold -- so I started cooking them every Sunday. Now it's most Sundays, there are a few where I just can't for whatever reason, but it's something I look forward to. (Well, I look forward to eating them -- not necessarily to cooking them...)
And that extended itself to special breakfasts on Saturday, too, although that can be anything -- popovers, waffles, pancakes, crumpets.
Even our supermarket trips are a sort of tradition -- we go together, in my car, on Sundays. That's how simple a Family Tradition can be. Supermarket on Sundays, me taking my mother shopping on Mondays, having special breakfasts on weekends, my husband pounding chicken breasts for chicken Alfredo while I make the sauce, my husband chopping onions for the marinade for Chicken Satay while I mix the other ingredients -- that's how simple Family Traditions can be.
Think about your own family, Muff -- don't you have a few of those? Won't your kids remember, "Oh, yeah! When Momma made dinner, she always used to..." I'll bet there is something -- you're just trying to find something that was a tradition for you, when you were growing up, to pass on to your kids. They don't need to have that -- they can have the new traditions you make just for them.
Peace.
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