Comments on: Lessons Learned from a Family Reunion

By: kare anderson

kare anderson — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:19:17 +0000

Andrea – you so struck my heart. My grandparents moved from S. Dakota after 5 bad crop years. Grandma sold her wedding ring (they lost the farm) to get the money to come to Oregon where she ran a boarding house and my grandpa worked in a cannery. The tradition of home-made gifts, started when they were too poor to buy them – continues to this day. On Christmas may parents and siblings all exchange gifts that we have made…. some (like mine) a bit uneven in workmanship but made with love….

You inspired me to call my parents and tell them about your post – an get them talking about the chapters that came after the moves. I began interviewing my parents, grandma and cousins about 5 years ago – LOVE digital recorders that can take hours of recording and get ever smaller

Thank you again for this timely post.. my family reunion is the last week in August in Portland.

My fond memories of reunions made me convince my journalist colleagues that we should have an annual “family” reunion as we went through so much together and, in the early years in my work as a journalist I grew up – “into” that work/calling and a significant chapter of my life that affects me every day. I strongly suggest that other readers here consider such reunions with people with whom they’e shared a significant part of their lives… reckon many do already… especially precious tradition for boomers

By: Trisha

Trisha — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:45:03 +0000

Needless to say, I unsubscribed to that website.

By: Trisha

Trisha — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:42:40 +0000

Yes, we need courage, and I like inspirational stories to keep me going and forging ahead.

I was just reading a newsletter from an seo site telling its readers how Twitter 101 was written to really help people with social media marketing, but was not dumbed down for grandmas and tweens. I left my comment, and told this writer I believed there were plenty of grandmothers who could beat his pants off with social media and seo. Baby Boomers at least have the wisdom to look to the past for the future ahead.

By: Private Profiles

Private Profiles — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:47:35 +0000

that’s crazy

By: Janet Iles

Janet Iles — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:03:35 +0000

Andrea
Thanks for sharing some of the stories you heard at the family reunion and what you have learned from them.

As a family historian/genealogist, it is the stories of family that make history come alive for me. It also helps us to appreciate all that we have. We also learn how they handled good times and bad and they often provide inspiration for our own lives.

By: Andrea Stenberg

Andrea Stenberg — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:50:16 +0000

Thanks Jacki,

I know what you mean. Too many kids just want the latest thing and don’t have a clue how to entertain themselves. I’m hoping some of these stories gave my son an idea of how lucky he really is.

Andrea

By: Jacki Hollywood Brown

Jacki Hollywood Brown — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:10:37 +0000

Very inspiring. I wish certain kids could hear stories like this when the want the latest iPod.