Celebrate Family: Stories, Books, Quotes and Inspiration
Celebrate family, with the following inspiration, including stories, books, traditions, quotes, and more. Family is the foundation of society. Let’s celebrate it!
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Celebrate Family Roundup
“In family relationships love is really spelled t-i-m-e, time,” said Dieter Uchtdorf. Below you will find inspiration on how to spend more quality time with your children.
Three roundup posts about the family are shared, along with family-related books for adults and children. Time spent reading together is one of the best ways to spend quality time together.
Finally, be inspired by the various quotes about family.
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How to Be Ordinary and Happy: 7 Inspiring Ideas
I long to be ordinary.
That’s right.
Ordinary.
In a world where it is popular to be in the spotlight, seeking aggrandizement; in a society where money, looks, and fame are deemed essential; in a culture where climbing to the top is the norm; I long to be ordinary.
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Invisible Children: Tips For Communicating With Children
Communicating with children has its challenges. Our family has experienced what I call “Invisible Children”. Some time ago, our family had a deeply life-changing experience involving these “invisible children”:
It was an ordinary evening—at least in the beginning it was.
But what was once ordinary and routine would soon turn into a night like no other.
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Broken Lives: Finding Hope and Healing
It was broken, of that I was certain.
My arm, grasped firmly by my friend, throbbed at the pressure being forced against it.
A group of long-time neighborhood friends had gathered in the middle of the street to play a game of Red Robin.
Two teams facing each other, ready to have some fun.
“Red Robin, Red Robin, send Ethan right over!” my team yelled in unison.
With that, the shortest, but fiercest, member of the opposing team ran in my direction, focusing all his energy on my scrawny left forearm…
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Family Traditions
Strengthen family relationships and create wonderful memories by including family traditions in your yearly routines:
Patriotic Activities
Patriotic activities for the whole family inspire a love for freedom. Both young and old have opportunities to fight for, protect, and defend our freedoms. Find inspiration for new patriotic family traditions that can lead to lasting happy memories here:
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Service Projects
Whether you choose to feed the homeless, donate gifts to an organization, or deliver cookies to your neighbors, serving others creates some of the most unforgettable memories. What service does your family enjoy giving throughout the year? I’d love to know! Comment below.
Photo Credit: Home and the Homeless, Thomas Faed, Public Domain
Movie Night
Whether a weekly Movie Night tradition or an occasional holiday movie tradition, this Movie Guide can have your family making happy memories in no time! Good, clean, family-friendly movies and shows are difficult to find these days. Thankfully, they do exist. Start making your movie list today!
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Surprise Scavenger Hunt
This shared experience is about a Surprise Christmas Scavenger Hunt, but scavenger hunts can be used for any occasion. Change the details of the activity, as desired, to fit the needs of your family. The options are truly endless!
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Poetry Teatime
Family Poetry Teatime is a time to slow down and connect with those around you. With minimal preparation, you can create lasting memories. Not into poetry? Read storybooks! These Teatimes are perfect for any occasion: everyday learning, holidays, birthdays. Age: Toddler – Adult
Photo Credit: Middagsmåltid i Haven, Anna Ancher, Public Domain
October 31
Have you ever considered creating new “Halloween” traditions? Many families are rethinking how they choose to celebrate that day. With so many creative options available, why not try something new? Here is just one creative idea:
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What are your current family traditions?
Which traditions might you add in the coming years?
I’d love to hear from you! Leave a comment below.
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Family Quotes
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“Indeed, nothing is more critically connected to happiness–both our own and that of our children–than how well we love and support one another within the family.”
M. Russell Ballard
“You are not likely to see a general reformation till you procure family reformation.”
Richard Baxter
“If a family has an old person in it, it possesses a jewel.”
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“Every day, every hour, the parents are either passively or actively forming those habits in their children upon which, more than upon anything else, future character and conduct depend.”
Charlotte Mason, “The Original Home School Series”, p.92
“One…stake president said that as he and Elder [Neal] Maxwell began a conference weekend with some time scheduled just for the two of them, Neal asked, ‘What would you be doing if I weren’t here today?’ The stake president said he would be ‘over in the school gym, watching my son play basketball.’ Neal’s quick response was, ‘Let’s go.’ So they went to the gym and sat with the rest of the overzealous parents and watched till the game ended. Then Neal met the young men and their coach. And the stake president learned ‘a lesson for a lifetime’ about being a father.”
Story found in Neal Maxwell biography, A Disciple’s Life, Bruce Hafen, p. 407
“Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities.”
The Family: A Proclamation to the World
“For many, properly caring for our family is the first area of compromise when other demands arise, as the results of neglect are not always immediately apparent. Nurturing the husband-wife relationship and building a spiritual home requires men and women of vision and commitment.”
Donald L. Hallstrom
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More Family Quotes
So how do we nourish relationships? The same way we nourish faith and character—with great diligence and patience! If we have nourished family relationships, when hard things happen—and they will—we will withstand the hard times and can continue enjoying the fruits that loving family relationships produce.
Michelle Craig, This Is My Day Of Opportunity
“Some of our most important choices concern family activities. May breadwinners worry that their occupations leave too little time for their families. Here is no easy formula for that contest of priorities. However, I have never known of a man who looked back on his working life and said, “I just didn’t spend enough time with my job.”
Dallin H. Oaks, Good, Better, Best
“The evil one knows where to attack. He is going to attack the home. He is going to destroy the family. That’s what he wants to do. … Let us make up our minds he will not do it in our families.”
Spencer W. Kimball
“If you want something to last forever, you treat it differently. you shield it and protect it. You never abuse it. You don’t expose it to the elements. You don’t make it common or ordinary. If it ever becomes tarnished, you lovingly polish it until it gleams like new. It becomes special because you have made it so, and it grows more beautiful and precious as time goes by.”
F. Burton Howard
“Home is to be a safe place, a refuge for all who enter, a protection from the harm and storms of the world. Yet often or even daily we open our doors — usually via television or the internet — to ideas and images that can damage our faith, abuse our hearts and minds, sear our psyches, and tear apart our peace. Home should be a place where, behind its doors, one should expect to find protection and safety from all the harms of life, including voices that do not speak truth or wisdom. Only the foolish would invite just anyone to enter the door of their home.”
Sally Clarkson
Family-Focused Books
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Children’s Books about Family
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