I fly back to my hometown of Boulder, Colo., every Memorial Day weekend to run in its annual 10k race. While I’m sure the "Bolder Boulder" began as an actual competitive event, it’s transformed into a mobile festival that winds through the city's most beautiful neighborhoods. My husband and I have participated in it every spring since we first met. My daughter, now 14, started joining us later with this past event making it three years in a row the three of us ran together. It has become an official family tradition. As a recently crafted family, we’ve been building these family traditions … [Read more...]
Roots of a Family Christmas Tradition
Kids grow up, get married, and start families of their own. It’s at this point, or maybe it actually happens earlier – during the growing up bit, that kids start to become detached from their parents. Phone conversations become more and more infrequent, y’all see each other even less. It’s kinda understandable, but no less tragic. Two people who invest so much in you as youngsters – time, money, energy, worry and love – drive you to soccer games scheduled way too far away from home, drop you off at the movies with your friends (and even return to pick you up despite not getting a “thank … [Read more...]