We are approaching Valentine’s Day but this column is not about romantic ideas on how to celebrate with your spouse. I’ll let you figure that out. Rather, it’s about celebrating with your family and how traditions bind us together.
Tag: family stories
…my Grandma DeVaux had found me at a time when I felt lost, lonely, and scared. She could not take my hand now, but I felt a deep love and concern from her and what felt like a warm spiritual hug. Her story of rising again influenced my own.
Knowing who we are and where we came from is important, but how to do this on vacation without boring the kids to tears, right? These three tips have worked well with my children ages 5-14!
In today’s podcast episode I share a favorite family story of ours and talk about how to use a good story to help to strengthen our kids. Enjoy!
All families have stories — sometimes embellished, sometimes stripped down, sometimes funny, sometimes anything but funny — that are passed from generation to generation. Oral storytelling has been part of human existence since the dawn of time. They are the ties that bind us to each other.
In moments of frustration, overwhelm, and anger, we have options. Listen in and learn how to use memories from better times to anchor our hearts and lead us to more positive experiences in our families.
By Jana Serrao – Our time in the ICU was life altering. We had experiences we could never have imagined, but are better because of them.
Where were you that day? What did you feel? What do you remember most? Why is it important to pass down your story?
I am a mother because others made me so, through adoption and an incredible gift of six frozen embryos. None of our children will have “my eyes” or “his nose” or share any of our genetics. Every single one of them will have our love though.
Listen in to how one family in crisis found solutions by approaching their problems from a different angle.