As the season transitions from one to the other, we are reminded of the need to prepare for change. Just as all seasons are uniquely beautiful in their own way, change can be a turning point in a direction that gives you a closer look and a better perspective on a part of life you never knew existed.
Embrace change and adjust to the transition your mind and body are making. Give it what it requires and you may find that in some ways you are better, wiser and healthier than you have ever been.
Help your parents with their life's transition. Sometimes all that is needed is to be there. Help them feel included in your activities even if it means just telling them a lively and funny story to perk them up and showing them the photos you took just for them. Help them look at life from their new perspective. Learn what it feels like to be in their shoes. Empathize and most of all keep a healthy sense of humor.
Family Reunion Poem "The Essence of Life"
"As the crown turns gray, the family makes them silver and snow white.
As the pages of life yellow, the family makes them golden.
As their memories fade, the family makes them crisp and sharp.
As the legs give way, the family sits them on a throne of wheels.
As youth recedes, family helps us relive it through the eyes of a
newborn.
The Family is the essence of life. The more you love it,
the more life loves you back."
By Mark Angelo Askew
The family is the essence of life. The more you love it, the more life loves you back.
Celebrate your family. Family reunions set the spark of life aflame once again.
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One of the keys to keeping family close is having a common venue or meeting place online with which to interact, consult, share photos and present news updates. For some that spot might be Facebook, Google, or even Instagram. Still, a family reunion event may require more special features like collecting reunion money securely online, or building a family tree.
While many social networks have their strengths, when it comes to family reunion meets they also have their limitations. So what are the best social networks on which to build your family reunion pages? It's all about having features exclusive to family reunion events. Here are just a few:
Vital Must Have Family Reunion Website Features
1. Family reunion announcement page.
2. Family history pages
3. Family tree page
4. Event ticket purchase (Collect reunion money securely online.)
5. Reunion t-shirt design and sales feature
6. Event photos post
7. Date countdown
8. Family News Post
9. Comments and Discussion feature
10. In Memorium Page
11. Family Reunion Booklet Maker and Download Page
12. Family Reunion Invitation and RSVP Feature
13. Event Fundraiser
Many of these features can be found in a reunion planning web app. Just run a search for key term "reunion web app" and view a small list of apps that boast having everything needed to plan a memorable family reunion. An alternative would be designing your own website using a template that includes all the above features provided by a website hosting service like MyEvents.com
MyEvents features includes all of the above features including a feature for selling tickets, ideal for collecting reunion money securely online holding. Other features include an online fundraiser. Checkout myevents.com's personalized family reunion websites.
Make use of search engine ranking and rating systems as well as word-of-mouth recommendations to determine the true quality of reunion planning resources Thanks to today's search engine rating system, finding the right interactive family reunion meeting place just got a whole lot easier.
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Special shout out to all our family reunion planners here and abroad. "Make someone smile and you'll have the pleasure of smiling back. Make someone laugh and you'll have the pleasure of laughing back. Give someone hope, joy and love, and when it is returned you'll have a true friend for life." - Angelo If you're not celebrating family reunion during this memorial day weekend now is the perfect time to start planning one. Check out the timely family reunion speed planning article below and start planning for a memorable family reunion this summer. How To Speed Plan A July Family Reunion http://www.familyreunionplanning.info/2016/05/speed-plan-your-july-family-reunion-in.html
It's December. Got lights? Got snow? Got bucket loads of greenbacks? Got hi-tech devices nestled in their beds? No worries. This winter season break away from the commercial hijacking of one single day this month and choose to enjoy the simple things of life with your family. Here are 14 fun December activities to plan before the snow falls.
Spend a day at the discount movie theater
Collect consignment shop sweaters
Catch a sale on yarn and knit a burly warm afghan for two
Take a walk in the wood and collect pine and pine cones to craft a winter reef
Update your winter season music playlist
Install an inexpensive electric fire place
Build a sled using tire tubes, hefty lawn bags or wood slabs
Build a backyard ice skating rink
Got empty picture frames? Frame and hang recent family photos,
Plan a "Fun In The Snow Party" and serve hot chilli, s'mores and hot cocoa
Do family genealogy research online at http://genealogy.fimark.net
Make a family photo quilt
Make a family photo tree
Plan the next family reunion
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So you're planning a family fall fest and want it to be the absolute best fall fest ever? There are seven keys to making your fall festival a success. The keys are revealed in my recent weekend experience while throwing a fantastic fall fest bubble show.
It was a crisp sunny day. Benches and colorful flowers lined the restful parklike setting on the lawns of the JHU office field. Gigantic moon bounce play sets filled the spacious grassy yard with splashes of fun festive colors. It's the annual Fall Fest staff appreciation day at Johns Hopkins University. A day of celebration and a veritable JHU family reunion.
This story really began when I got the idea to start handcrafting my own bubble wands. first was the bubble spray wand. It sprays hundreds of bubbles in seconds with one gust of wind. Then I designed the hoop wand that creates giant tube shaped bubbles and large bubble balls. My next creation was the tri-ring shaped wand that generates strong, long reptilian shaped bubbles and large bubble clusters.
Hoop Bubble Wand
Multi-Spray Bubble Wand
Tri-Ring Bubble Wand
By 3:30 pm families and their children began to spring from the office building doors and parking lots bursting with sounds of excitement and awe. Wow! Ooh! Yeah! The family fun begins. That said, a fall fest should provide plenty of exciting child activities.
Brenda and I set our bubble gear for our biggest bubble show to date. And what a show it was. Scores of kids came running from all directions to see the spectacle of glistening bubble clusters, gigantic gleaming crystal spheres floating in the air. Amazed adults stopped by to eyeball the bubble floats and try out our circle of brightly colored bubble wands. Before we knew it there was a tactile hands on affair with bubbles flying everywhere, long tube bubbles and wonderful breezy bubbles sprays all in use by young children, pre-teens and the young-at-heart.
Our tubs of bubble juice quickly became frothy tubs of soap suds as kids and parents dipped and shook and wiggled their bubble wands desperate to create their own bubble formations. Laughter and cheers filled the air. Everyone was living in the moment.
As the DJ played our favorite tunes, children could not resist dancing, prancing, running and jumping while reaching out to catch every flying bubble in sight. It was enchanting and wonderful to behold. A fall fest at it's best.
When planning a fall fest add a special touch with seasonal decorations. Rent an outdoor venue with plenty of space to rip roar and run. In addition to bubbles and high wind bubble wands throw up some kites and have a face painting booth. Hey rides are fun for the whole family.
Here are a few more tips to make your fall fest the best ever.
1. Have a DJ present fun festive family oriented music
2. Serve hot dogs, fried chicken and plenty of drinks
3. Rent two or more moon bounce play sets
4. Hire a professional Bubble Master
5. Serve apple cider, nutmeg and pumpkin pie
6. Decorate with leaves, dry arrangements, cinnamon sticks, hay, squash and pumpkins
7. Include outdoor games such as the great bubble chase, bubble race and bubble toss.
Living in the Baltimore Washington area? Want to add the special touch to your festival or family event? Contact Brenda at 443 813 0865 and ask how to book an Angelo and Marie's Fantastic bubble show.