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Life Legacy Writing growing as way to pass on values
By Debbie Gardner
PRIME Editor
When you and your family gather around the table this holiday season, how much of the time will be spent reminiscing?
Will you be talking about Mom's or Grandma's kitchen as you pass around a time-honored family recipe? Harking back to family gatherings from the past as you look at how much the children (and grandchildren) have grown and changed?
Will you be pausing for a moment to remember loved ones who are no longer at the table?
So much of who we are, of how we see the world, of what we believe in and find important in life is shaped by simple family traditions such as these.
But with families spread out across the country and even the globe by the workings of our modern society, the opportunities to share these traditions and values are fewer and far between.
Rare today are the Sunday dinners of old, the weekly gatherings of the clan, the family-filled birthdays and anniversary celebrations, the drop-in visits.
Phone calls, e-mails, text messages and video conferencing may keep us in touch, but they don't really keep us together.
Yet there are ways to ensure you pass on those traditions, those values, those life lessons to the next generation, regardless of how spread out your family may have become.
One of these tools is called an Ethical Will or a Life Legacy Letter.
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