Preserving and Passing TRADITIONS to Generations
Preserving and Passing TRADITIONS to Generations
Most people don’t want to think about what happens next. What happens to the family after a person passes away? It’s sad, but also a part of life – so that makes me think the importance of passing down family traditions to future generations but having these traditions is just one more way to help hold them close even after they’re gone. It doesn’t take away the pain, but helps to bring some smiles to those still here.
When think back to our childhood – to when you interacted with your parents and grandparents. What memories are you are fondest? The tradition of gathering together as a family for every festival holiday? Cooking as a family or festival recipes?
We may not even realize the importance of your family traditions- things that shaped our childhood, and often help you to shape the childhoods of our own children. Those little things that you took for granted with your family, those things you thought every family probably did it the same way until you started realizing that what makes every family unique, are your traditions. What happens if you don’t carry on those traditions or teach the next generation about them? They disappear forever, and that is a true loss. Preserving the past helps to educate the future.
So, moving forward Traditions should be shared with future generations to keep a sense of family alive. These are all things that can be links between the past and the present, and help with remembrance.
