keeping up with traditions...
...yup I am that type. I like that our family has random traditions like having an appetizer/finger food dinner while we open gifts, I like that my home church keeps the Dutch tradition of singing "Glory to God" after the annual Christmas program (we don't sing it in Dutch though, we're good Canadians that way) ...I have my own silly tradition of putting up a "tree" that consists of a couple fake branches in a vase and always has to be topped with a bow, rather than a star... I guess it's the remembering part that I like about traditions. I had a hard time remembering what I did last year for New Year's, but when we keep up our little traditions they bring back memories for me. The tradition of choosing a word for the year helps me to remember in a different way. I guess it's a moment of looking back and looking for some particular way the Lord has led me and is teaching me. Click on the "one word" label at the bottom of this post ...