Focus on the Family Magazine - August/September 2023
It can be a struggle to raise a family while balancing your work life, social life and relationships. Focus on the Family magazine is here to help! Each complimentary issue delivers fresh, practical Biblical guidance on family and life topics. Every issue comes packed with relevant advice to build up your kids, strengthen your marriage, navigate entertainment and culture, and handle common challenges you may face in your marriage and parenting journeys. Plus you'll find seasonal advice ranging from back-to-school activities to date night tips for you and your spouse.
It can be a struggle to raise a family while balancing your work life, social life and relationships. Focus on the Family magazine is here to help! Each complimentary issue delivers fresh, practical Biblical guidance on family and life topics.
Every issue comes packed with relevant advice to build up your kids, strengthen your marriage, navigate entertainment and culture, and handle common challenges you may face in your marriage and parenting journeys. Plus you'll find seasonal advice ranging from back-to-school activities to date night tips for you and your spouse.
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FAITH & INSPIRATION / HACKS & FACTS<br />
Grandparenting<br />
GRANDPARENTS’ DAY<br />
Sept. 10<br />
GRANDPARENTS’ DAY<br />
Grandparents’ Day is celebrated <strong>on</strong> different days in different countries. For<br />
example, <strong>the</strong> United States celebrates Grandparents’ Day <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> first Sunday<br />
after Labor Day. Canada celebrates it <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> sec<strong>on</strong>d Sunday in <strong>September</strong>.<br />
But this year, Grandparents’ Day for <strong>the</strong> United States and Canada falls <strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> same date: Sept. 10. Celebrate it with your grandkids.<br />
a meal of<br />
memories<br />
As a grandma, I look<br />
forward to passing<br />
down family traditi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
to <strong>the</strong> next generati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
I started with a family<br />
photo album and a<br />
recipe box of stained,<br />
handwritten recipe<br />
cards. Then I planned<br />
a dinner menu from<br />
<strong>the</strong> memories of<br />
my childhood with<br />
my aunts’ signature<br />
recipes: Aunt Naomi’s<br />
layered salad, Aunt<br />
Lucille’s plantati<strong>on</strong><br />
yams, Aunt Ruth’s<br />
pecan rice dressing,<br />
<strong>the</strong> potluck relish<br />
tray that never had<br />
enough black olives<br />
and Grammy’s cherry<br />
cheesecake pie,<br />
am<strong>on</strong>g o<strong>the</strong>rs.<br />
I photocopied <strong>the</strong><br />
pictures of <strong>the</strong>se dear<br />
women and made<br />
place cards with <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
picture and dish title.<br />
Then I pulled out my<br />
mo<strong>the</strong>r’s delicate<br />
linen tablecloths and<br />
napkins, and used <strong>the</strong><br />
“good” china from my<br />
wedding day. I regaled<br />
my grandchildren with<br />
stories, and even <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
mom chimed in with<br />
her memories.<br />
This year, I'm<br />
planning for a 1959<br />
Independence and a<br />
late 1960s-<strong>the</strong>med<br />
birthday party.<br />
—T<strong>on</strong>yaAnn Pember<br />
GORODENKOF-ADOBE STOCK; ILLUSTRATION KATIE EBERTS<br />
42<br />
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY CANADA<br />
AUG / SEP <strong>2023</strong>
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