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<blockquote data-quote="New Leaf" data-source="post: 674890" data-attributes="member: 19522"><p>This is beautiful Cedar, Thank you.</p><p></p><p>SuZir, you have a lovely tradition. I am far away from my FOO, and Mom is the last of the connected. I suppose the times we live in and distance has changed things. Even my hubs FOO is on a road to disconnect, all of the old Uncles and Aunties that were the glue that held ohana together have passed or are very old. There is a certain sadness in this, we had always made effort to gather, when the call was made.</p><p></p><p>I think it is up to us, then, to forge new ties and traditions, to keep the home fires burning.</p><p></p><p>I have not gotten into the swing of things and am reinventing an idea of the holidays. I feel the push from the consumeristic side had gotten out of hand. What do we really need? Why has gift giving become so obligatory?</p><p></p><p>Perhaps too, holidays become difficult when we have d cs out there struggling.</p><p></p><p>Part of being, the last one left is to continue the traditions that have great meaning, and to start new ones for our children to remember.</p><p></p><p>I have been thinking on this, of late.</p><p></p><p>Thank you for sharing SuZir, it struck a chord with me , too. I am far away from my family, yet surrounded by hubs large family, and there is a disconnect with both.</p><p></p><p>I will be talking with my three un-d cs and discuss how to honor the spirit of the holidays and incorporate old traditions while building new traditions.</p><p></p><p>Mahalo Suzir,</p><p>Happy Holidays to you and yours</p><p>leafy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="New Leaf, post: 674890, member: 19522"] This is beautiful Cedar, Thank you. SuZir, you have a lovely tradition. I am far away from my FOO, and Mom is the last of the connected. I suppose the times we live in and distance has changed things. Even my hubs FOO is on a road to disconnect, all of the old Uncles and Aunties that were the glue that held ohana together have passed or are very old. There is a certain sadness in this, we had always made effort to gather, when the call was made. I think it is up to us, then, to forge new ties and traditions, to keep the home fires burning. I have not gotten into the swing of things and am reinventing an idea of the holidays. I feel the push from the consumeristic side had gotten out of hand. What do we really need? Why has gift giving become so obligatory? Perhaps too, holidays become difficult when we have d cs out there struggling. Part of being, the last one left is to continue the traditions that have great meaning, and to start new ones for our children to remember. I have been thinking on this, of late. Thank you for sharing SuZir, it struck a chord with me , too. I am far away from my family, yet surrounded by hubs large family, and there is a disconnect with both. I will be talking with my three un-d cs and discuss how to honor the spirit of the holidays and incorporate old traditions while building new traditions. Mahalo Suzir, Happy Holidays to you and yours leafy [/QUOTE]
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