I recently came across a Facebook post from Ruth Institute declaring that a child cannot truly be loved or live a successful life without both a mother and a father. The post went further, accusing any parent who chooses divorce of selfishness and implying that ending a marriage is automatically an act of harm against a child. I agree with one...
https://youtu.be/4qkXIPfka8c?rel=0 I have two sisters, and we all spent a significant part of our early adulthood working for the family business, which our mother ran. At that stage in our lives, we each had our own families to tend to, husbands and children. We weren’t the best at choosing the “right” husband (if there even is such a thing),...
Have you ever wondered where you truly came from? not just the place, but the history, the people, the stories that made you who you are? Growing up, my mum would often tell us stories about our ancestors; her parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents. I was fascinated to learn of my Chinese and German...
It was November 2020. The world was still living through lockdowns that had started months earlier, and like so many families, ours was clinging to the importance of connection. That winter, Uncle Bill, my husband Dave’s only living uncle, was admitted to the hospital with a severe chest infection. He was 85. The news hit hard. Only a few years...
We all have boxes or folders of photos tucked away somewhere. Some of us have them neatly arranged in albums, each image capturing a moment frozen in time: birthdays, weddings, family holidays, and everyday smiles. But while a photo album tells us what happened, a Legacy Book tells us why it mattered. A photo album is beautiful to look at. It’s...
Our source, our lineage, our family history --- these form the very essence of “us”. A tree cannot grow without roots, and roots begin with a seed. Our “seed” is that potent energy from which we, and all our family members, have emerged through endless generations. To understand and appreciate our roots is to gain deeper insight into why we are...
Could this be the moment to unravel the photos, keepsakes, and stories that have been sitting in boxes and in your memory for decades?