Day Eighty Seven

Traditions are a big part of the Brissebunch's life.  We have traditions for lots of things.  After Thanksgiving each year, we watch "A Christmas Story", and it is tradition to scream Happy Birthday loudly, adding Cha cha cha to the end of the song each time a birthday cake is brought into the room...One tradition for the past 17 years is that the grandkids lineup, oldeset to  youngest and left to right in front of my parents fireplace. This was not the hardest one though...when my brothers youngest daughter died at just 3 1/2, the idea of putting the kids in front of the fireplace without Emily was tough.  It broke our hearts.  We will always miss Emily, but will honor the tradition of bringing those together.  It has been 17 years since this began, and now they are moving this spring, so this is to be the last lineup...

Sometimes we have to say goodbye to traditions that have been a huge part of our lives.  That is ok, hard but ok.  The important thing is to remember what fun we had enjoying them along the way!  My kids will always remember this tradition and we have the photos to look back on.  I have always had the camera in hand, and that is another tradition.  I am very blessed today looking back on the times with family:)

Todays quote:

We do not remember days; we remember moments.  ~Cesare Pavese, The Burning Brand