I am starting a new collection today - a collection of unique family traditions!
I am asking for submissions for my little collection from you, my friends and family. While I welcome traditions related to holidays, I am particularly looking for unique, unusual, or creative tradition ideas for all of the other days and events of the year. To get those creative juices flowing, here's a short list of suggested themes to consider: school-related (first day, last day, graduation, etc.); neighbors; service; reunion, grandparents, or extended family; Earth Day and "going green"; Groundhog Day; tooth fairy or other childhood traditions; chores; coming of age; specific brithdays, milestones, performance, etc. Remember, this list is just a start - feel free to add to it as you like. I am especially looking for traditions that have brought your family closer together, and that have created fond memories that you and your family continue to cherish.
Now, you may be asking - so what? What am I going to do with all of these traditions? I envision this little collection becoming a book, a kind of reference guide for families looking to start new traditions, add to existing traditions, or perhaps update traditions that some family members may have outgrown. While traditions are definitely a way to connect us to our past, I also see tradition as the glue that keeps a family closer together - and keeps 'em coming back for more! Traditions are not only about the past, but about our futures, too.
So please, if you have a few minutes and a good story, let's hear about it! Submit here on this blog, or send me an email. Anyone who sends in a story that is selected for use in my book will receive a copy of the book - free! (c'mon, does it get any better than that?!?)
