Keeping the Tradition Going
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| The girls Christmas Centre Piece |
Great Great Aunt Elaine transitioned from this world to the
next late in November 2014. G.G. Aunt
Elaine always brought the table decorations for our extended family Christmas
Dinner and for the past 4 years Ruth and Emily have helped her decorate the
tables ~ she called them her Christmas helpers.
This is the only event of the year that Elaine and my
granddaughters visit with each other and as I explained to them about her
passing, Emily asked who would decorate the tables this Christmas “we always
helped her (G.G. Aunt Elaine) we need to do it for her!” And so it was that the
girls and I sat down and planned the decorations.
Ruth, “She always brought the decoration is the same box do we
have a box to keep everything in?” our table cloths, napkins, and decorations now have their own box.
Family traditions do not always have to be about the big
things sometimes the important traditions have more to do with being “her
Christmas helpers” and the willingness of an extended family to make room for
Great Great Nieces to find their place in the family.
Grandma Snyder
©2013-2014 twosnydergirls
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