At this time of the year, I hear from a lot of folks who are planning family reunions and are looking for good, creative ideas for making it a special time and the good effects long lasting. At the same time, an incident in my own family made me aware of how important it is to keep family traditions alive. The family reunion is a great time to make a start, but it's something we can work on any time. Here are some ideas for keeping family tradition alive.
Eliot Wiggington in the first Foxfire book writes, "Daily our grandparents are moving out of our lives, taking with them, irreparably this kind of
information. Not because they want to, but because they think we don't care." And sometimes we think we don't care.
1. An easy place to start is with a family recipe collection. Nearly every family has a special recipe that absolutely everyone loves. My Mom makes the best Italian rolls in the whole world. Really. I adn't realized we were in danger of losing them until she started insisting that everyone who visits make a batch of rolls before they go home. This applies to me and my 22 year old son equally. She passes judgement on the quality of the dough.
This is something that just one person can get started easily. Look around for that one special recipe and see that everyone learns to make it.
More tomorrow. Dorothy's tip of the day in this spot every day. Tune in, same time, same station
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