Your Family Legacy

Linda Weaver Clarke

The importance of family legacy can never be over emphasized. Do your children know their heritage? Who are your ancestors? What were their traditions? What religion were they? What beliefs did they have? Did they fight for a cause and what was it about?

Each of us has a story from our ancestors or even our very own story to tell. If these stories are unwritten, then how are your children going to know of their ancestry, of their parentage, or even family traditions of the past? Are these stories and traditions going to be lost to your children simply because you failed to put them on paper? It’s up to us to write these experiences down.

You can turn your family history into a variety of interesting stories. Remember, conflict is part of our lives and makes for an interesting story. Don’t leave out what your ancestors suffered and for what cause. You want your children to be proud of who they are. We must share these stories with them.

First, collect your thoughts; write down any experiences that you remember. Talk to family members and discuss memories. Do research of that time period and find out what the country was going through, and insert it in the history of your ancestor. The turmoil of a country helps you to understand what your family went through and why they suffered. Did they live during the depression, and if so, how did it affect them?

After writing down all you collected, then organize it into a story. You can make several short stories, making the history into segments. Or you can write the whole history as a continuous flow. There are a few things to carefully avoid in writing. Also, there are always exceptions to every rule. Remember that it’s best to feel the “spirit of the law” rather than the “letter of the law.”

AVOID:

1.Opening a story with weather

2.Using a verb other than “said” for dialogue unless needed such as: “shouted,” “whispered,” or “whimpered”

3.Using too many adverbs - Show! Don’t tell!

4.Using detailed descriptions of people, places, and things—you don’t want to lose the reader

Happy writing and if you need any help just e-mail me and I’ll give suggestions if I can. Your children will be grateful once they’re grown. They’ll want to know their heritage, what their ancestors stood for, what they believed in. Make your family legacy something your children will remember, something they will be proud of

About the Author:



Linda Weaver Clarke has written an historical fiction love story, Melinda and the Wild West, a family saga published by American Book Publishing. To learn more about Linda and her novel, visit: http://www.lindaweaverclarke.com

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Choosing Unique Baby Boy Names

Vincent Yim

Most of the times, confusion and desperation prevail when it comes to choosing baby boy names especially if the child happens to be the first baby boy and the first grandchild of both the mother’s and father’s parents.

Choosing unique baby boy names is one of the most important decisions you can do for your baby. A well-chosen name for baby boys actually ranks second in importance apart from actually giving life and a good future to your child.

Since most parents (and grandparents as well) want their offspring to be markedly different from the rest of the crowd, the Internet becomes a very valuable resource in choosing a unique name for baby boys in order to move away from the same old name patterns that seem to be prevalent. Although this may be understandable due to playing it safe, family traditions or lack of resources in choosing unusual and unique baby boy names.

Since there are literally hundreds of thousands of websites dedicated to baby name directories, the secret then in finding and choosing modern baby names that goes well with the family name. This then requires a careful analysis and evaluation of all the options of cute baby names or unique baby boy names based on sound ease of spelling and pronunciation and nickname derivatives especially when combined with the family surname.

Make sure that your chosen name for baby boys is not only unique and unusual but has a meaning which you should know and inform him about later on. (You don’t want to name him Yipekaye simply because it’s Bruce Willis’/John McLane’s battle cry in the Die Hard series).

Name for baby boys can be unique and unusual and can be almost anything as long as it has a meaning that makes your son (the owner of the name) proud. (You don’t want your son changing his cute baby name when he comes of age simply because he doesn’t like the way it sounds or because he has become the butt of joke in school).

Since throughout our lives (and even after we die) we are identified by our first names, choosing baby boy names are very important and it is the parents’ responsibility to ensure that the cute baby name or modern name they choose is not going to result in a lifetime of embarrassment and ridicule.

Parents should use both traditional and non-traditional methods of choosing baby boy names and use the Internet as much as possible. Many online sites have unique baby boy names according to categories such as Eastern or Western, Biblical, mythological and others. Several sites even have an alphabetical listing of names gathered from the four corners of the globe. However, the most interesting site that caught my attention is the name generator – you only have to enter your first name and family name and you are presented with several options of unique baby boy names for your child!

Remember unique baby boy names give a lifetime of identity. Make your choice count wisely and your baby proud.

About the Author:



Vincent Yim is the founder of http://BetterSmarterKids.com he created this kid's weblog is providing a platform for all parents who can share and learn valuable ideas and tips in bringing up our children by understanding their interest behaviors viz children healthy foods, educational toys, kids hobbies, clothing, activities and games, schooling and moral values, etc

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