Daily dinners at 8 p.m. with the family, followed by television for an hour ... every day
Evenings spent in the front yard, playing card or board games with the family
Making quick runs to the neighborhood store for spicy snacks to have with tea
Birthdays and anniversaries celebrated with family friends we grew up with
Yearly vacations with the family to new places
Helping my dad clean the chicken we got at the butcher shop
Learning how to make a cake from my mom for the first time
Being encouraged to do whatever I wanted by my dad, to the incredulity of neighbors (because I am a girl ;-))
These are things I want Oli to remember when I am gone and he has his own kids to pass traditions on to.
Unlike me, he'll never be able to say he remembers a clean house ;-)
But I hope he can say he remembers eating all meals as a family
Snuggling on weekend mornings no matter what time we woke up
Seeing his parents at whatever activity he was in - swimming, gymnastics, baseball, soccer ...
Going on vacations to see new things and learning history
Having silly dance parties in the kitchen
Playing chutes and ladders, Uno or whatever game it is with his mom and dad
Singing to the radio while driving places
In the end, I hope he can tell his kids that his parents were there for him. That his childhood memories are of all of us together. Unclean house, piles of laundry not done, dirty dishes in the sink notwithstanding ;-)
Evenings spent in the front yard, playing card or board games with the family
Making quick runs to the neighborhood store for spicy snacks to have with tea
Birthdays and anniversaries celebrated with family friends we grew up with
Yearly vacations with the family to new places
Helping my dad clean the chicken we got at the butcher shop
Learning how to make a cake from my mom for the first time
Being encouraged to do whatever I wanted by my dad, to the incredulity of neighbors (because I am a girl ;-))
These are things I want Oli to remember when I am gone and he has his own kids to pass traditions on to.
Unlike me, he'll never be able to say he remembers a clean house ;-)
But I hope he can say he remembers eating all meals as a family
Snuggling on weekend mornings no matter what time we woke up
Seeing his parents at whatever activity he was in - swimming, gymnastics, baseball, soccer ...
Going on vacations to see new things and learning history
Having silly dance parties in the kitchen
Playing chutes and ladders, Uno or whatever game it is with his mom and dad
Singing to the radio while driving places
In the end, I hope he can tell his kids that his parents were there for him. That his childhood memories are of all of us together. Unclean house, piles of laundry not done, dirty dishes in the sink notwithstanding ;-)
