Write about a few of your favorite family traditions.

The parents get older, the kids become adults and go off to start their own lives. Parents and other older adults pass away. The younger adults start families, have kids of their own, and the cycle repeats itself. And within that cycle are traditions that get handed down through the generations.

That’s how it is supposed to work, anyways. My family has had traditions change because of all the things mentioned above.

We still get together for most holidays, except the family has grown and we celebrate at my brother’s house instead of at our parents. Thanksgiving is still turkey and sides, Christmas is a little different every year but we have a couple of different meal plans that we juggle depending on what everyone is feeling.

After the passing of my stepmom a couple of years ago we started a new tradition of getting together on Sunday’s for lunch or dinner, depending on the time of year and weather. Winter is hit and miss because of travel conditions.

Nothing special or exciting, we just want to spend time together.