Keep the Tradition

If you could think of any holiday, what would be? The majority of people would choose Christmas. For me, I would choose Thanksgiving. This holiday is a good one because you don't have to worry about what you're eating; you can throw those calories out of the window. You don't have worry about if you got the wrong present for that someone. You get to sit with your family and friends and talk about life, or you collaborate with each other when Travis Kelcie is going to propose Miss Taylor Swift. That always keeps a conversation going. The best part of this day was doing something traditional and making more memories. 

When I was younger my parents would host Thanksgiving. I was so excited to see my extended family. It was nice to have more people to play with. The kids would go downstairs and play, and grownups would be upstairs talking bull. It was good time. When dinner was ready my parents would say," Dinner is ready. Can we have everyone in the kitchen?" This was my favorite tradition that we did. It was the thankful prayer. We all stood in a circle one by one, and we would say what we are thankful for. It was amazing to hear what people were thankful for because everyone's answer was different. When it was my turn, I would say, "I'm thankful for my mom and dad." Without them there would be no Tim.

There was one year that my answer changed. I decided to say, "I'm thankful for my wife, who is carrying our new baby." It took a lot of people by surprise, but when they finally figured it out that we pregnant with our second child. They screamed and then they hug us. For me, that was a special moment for me because I shared something life changing with the people who I love. 

Now we are at 2023 Thanksgiving. This was my first big holiday without my dad. It still amazes me that he has been gone for 6 months now. The day after thanksgiving we as family decided to drive to the cemetery and paid our respects to him. Of course, I cried but it was sort of beautiful because it was just my wife and the kids. When my wife saw me crying, she rubbed my back and started doing the Our Father and the Hail Mary. In that moment, it got to me thinking, when my dad passed away in May, one my dad's friends asked my wife, "Will lead us in a prayer?" This amazes me because 6 months before thanksgiving, my wife does a prayer to make sure I'm okay and now 6 months later she does the same thing to make sure I'm at peace.

So even though my dad is gone, I can still do a tradition with him and know that he is here in my heart forever. The moment we feel that tradition is starting to go downward, take it upon yourself and keep that tradition going. You never know your how far something can go. 

Thanks,

Tim 


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