One of the traditions I grew up with was White Gift Sunday. The children in our Sunday School were asked to bring a child’s gift wrapped in white on the first Sunday in December.
Each year, Mom would help my sisters and me each wrap a new toy, game or puzzle with white tissue paper, and it was labelled as to the age of the child it would be suitable for and whether it was better for a boy or a girl.
Although there most certainly are a number of things we should forget about, are you aware the Bible is full of passages that admonish us to remember? There are over twice as many verses to “remember” than to “forget”, and even some of those actually say “forget not”, which means “remember”.
In November each year here in Canada our thoughts turn to Remembrance Day as a time to commemorate the soldiers whose courage, service, and sacrifices gave us the freedoms and way of life we enjoy today. Almost every family has been touched by war, whether it was the loss or injury of a loved one who served with the armed forces, or the women who kept the factories in operation while raising the children alone. It is important that we honour and respect those who have, and are, serving our country. Continue reading
A couple of years ago, I researched my paternal grandmother’s family. I could hardly believe all the things I found out and was able to put together into a digital scrapbook for my children. I called the book “Little Did I Know…” and the opening page went something like this:
“Sitting in history class was a bore! Somewhere in the back of my mind, I recalled my teacher talking about the Battle of Hastings, and for some odd reason, I always remembered the year 1066 but couldn’t remember much else about it. Little did I know the connection it had not only with Europeans but also with my own family!