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Sharing time with my family, especially my parents, at this time of my life is certainly sweet. I don’t take them for granted anymore and know that time is limited with them. The days will go by quickly, and the older I get and they get, I know I have to savor the moments when they come.
Paying tribute and honoring my parents is very important to me at this time of my life. I don’t plan to move very far from them at all, if I can help it, when I find another home of my own one day soon. We are bonded and we need each other.
Family is forever. I couldn’t have made it this past year without them. 
My mom’s birthday and Mother’s Day are both in May, and Father’s Day and my dad’s birthday come around in June and July. Sharing family time with them is special. My mom and I have breakfast together every morning at the table, eating cereal and sipping coffee, each reading the paper, knowing the other is there. It’s very comforting. 
My dad and I have enjoyable conversations about blogging and life. He is still my defender, my strong and capable dad, whom I’ve always looked up to.
Celebrating them and the time I have with them is very important to me right now, and I’m doing just that.
It makes me happy to see my mom smile from the bedroom and bathroom renovations we’ve been able to do these last few weeks. I’m overjoyed to do this for them, and it makes me happy that they are sharing in benefits and perks that come along. I enjoy spending time with them, getting their opinions, hearing wisdom shared day by day. So, how do we share and celebrate those people in our lives who are so important to us?
We savor and enjoy the everyday moments of life, letting them know how important they are to us.
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quality time is a wonderful way to show appreciation…esp to my dear husband who is my Starbucks date!
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I usually bake a cake or cookies for them.
I too have an aging parent whom I just adore… My Mom. She came to brighten up my life about five years ago and what a blessing its been. We have such a bond. We share every mintue that we can together. My life is somehow so filled with love and happiness that words cannot say.. I love you Mom sooooo much
Spending time with the ones you love is the best way to show you care. But I think a close second is cooking their favorite meal or making a special dessert for them. Preparing food for others is a labor of love. Of course, in the South doesn’t everything have to do with good food?
Life has taught me to be grateful for and cherish the little things. I pay tribute to loved ones by sharing little things as often as possible.
with hand written cards!
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we send notes or gifts so they know they’re appreciated
i usually make or bake them something homemade
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YUM!!!!! It’s nice to celebrate with a dinner out (or even a frappucino treat)!!!
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I pay tribute to the special people in my life when they achieved something by giving them a big hug and kudos – and sometimes a special treat!
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Our family is made up of a bunch of hams, so most of our family emails are studded with inside jokes. Sometimes we only have to say one word to get everyone to crack up. The best tribute we give to each other is to play games on Thanksgiving after dinner — knockdown, winner-take-all, bloody knuckles games of Risk, Scrabble, and newer ones like Settlers of Catan. My husband feigns sleep — he can’t handle the Monopoly bloodlust.
I honor those great people in my life by letting them know, and letting the world know, of my respect and admiration.
A long walk, a long talk, or a handwritten note always make me smile, and I try to reach out to my family with handmade things and quality time as well.
spending time together…xooxoxo
I’m in my mid-50s and have relatively few elders left. That’s why I fly from Seattle to South Jersey at least twice a year and stay for as long as a month at a time. I’d rather go for a visit than a funeral, if you know what I mean.
While I’m there I help with chores (indoors and out) and do whatever I can to be of assistance. We don’t “do” much, i.e., we don’t go out to dinner or visit regional attractions. We just spend time together. That’s most important to me, and it’s what I’m increasingly aware is slipping away — taking the past along with it, unless I spend time talking to these people and learning from them.
I also go to see younger family members and am finding great joy in their young children. Here’s hoping that one day they will want to spend time with me the way I spend it with my father and my remaining aunts.
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