by United Families International | Dec 24, 2013 | Child Development, Family, father, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Casey Reeve shares how his father helped to instill in him the true meaning of Christmas. Every Christmas Eve, we would lie under the Christmas tree, listening intently to my father. He would get down next to us and gaze up at the lights on the tree, capped off by the...
by United Families International | Dec 17, 2013 | Child Development, Family, father, motherhood, Parents, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Janalee Marriott shares how her parents encouraged a spirit of giving and intentionally thinking of others. Their family tradition gave each family member an opportunity to secretly focus on someone else for the month of December—to gain a greater sense of...
by United Families International | Dec 10, 2013 | Child Development, Family, motherhood, Parents, Sanctity of Life, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Carol Soelberg Flannel had become a popular new trend in the late 80’s and early 90’s. My mother had spent hours and hours making all of us children matching pajamas to open on Christmas Eve out of this trendy plaid, flannel material. As I look back on the video, it...