Creating a Tradition
Traditions are a big deal in my family. My wife is pretty big on creating traditions in our family. There are special times that she remembers from her childhood and she wants to leave those kind of memories with our children when the are grown. The primary tradition we want to share with our children is that of having a relationship with Jesus Christ. We both agreed early in our relationship that we would raise our children in church. We believe that it is our duty as parents to expose our children to God’s love and promise for eternal life. I think that our child will have a much greater chance of choosing Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior if we do our best as parents to set an example as believers and followers of Christ.
There are many other less important things that we want to share with our children. For instance, we took our children to pick fresh strawberries yesterday. We got a lot of fun out of the four dollar basket of strawberries. These simple exercises give us a time to share and learn.
Today I took a step closer to building a tradition with my oldest son. We took a ride out to the local airport. We walked around the flight line and looked at all of the airplanes. He even got to sit in one airplane. It has been a little over a year since he rode on an airplane. That was a commercial airplane ride to Colorado. He took his first ride in September of 2003. He was eleven months old and we were leaving for Washington D.C. the next day on a commercial flight. My wife knew that I wanted my son to get his first airplane ride with me as the pilot. She suggested that we go out to the local airport the day before our D.C. trip so that I could take him for a ride. We did go out to the airport that day and we all went for a short twenty minute ride in a Cessna. That week marked nine years since I earned my private pilot’s license. That day was a very happy day when my wife encouraged me to begin a tradition that I had dreamed of for years. My son is now 2 1/2 and loves airplanes. He wanted to go flying today, but I am not current. I plan to get my license current over the next couple of weeks so we can go flying. This will hopefully be something we can enjoy together for years to come.
Create a tradition in your family. It’s FUN and lasts forever.