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A Presentation By Emily Wilberg

The presentation "Family Traditions: Making Family Memories that Include Your Baby" was done by Emily Wilberg as a workshop at SHARE retreat July 2007. We're including her outline below to encourage you to click through to the full presenation write-up:

PregnancyLossRibbons.com/familytraditions.htm

I. WHY HAVE FAMILY TRADITIONS?

THEY MAKE YOU FEEL PART OF A GROUP

II RULES FOR SUCESSFUL FAMILY TRADITIONS
SUCESSFUL FAMILY TRADITIONS

A. INCLUDE ALL FAMILY MEMBERS

B. ARE FLEXIBLE

D. INCLUDE SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL ASPECTS

E. INCLUDE DIFFERENT SENSES: SMELL (scented candles, food), TASTE (food), TOUCH (different textures- sand, water), SOUND (songs), SIGHT (symbols)

G. OCCASIONALLY EVALUATE YOUR TRADITIONS

H. ARE MEANINGFUL

I. PHOTOS & STORIES

III. WHEN TO HAVE TRADITIONS?

A. CONTINUED PARENTING

B. HOLIDAYS

C. SPECIAL FAMILY DAYS

D. SERVICE PROJECTS & FUNDRAISERS

III. CONCLUSION

Start a tradition-
Not important WHAT it is,
as long as it has MEANING FOR YOU

See the Full Presentation write-up at:

PregnancyLossRibbons.com/familytraditions.htm

About the Author

Emily is the founder of PregnancyLossRibbons.com and has contributed wonderful articles here to Kota Loss Journal like the one here on the topic of Scrapbooking!

PregnancyLossRibbons.com has memory and awareness items such as bracelets, car magnet ribbons, caps, shirts and scrapbooking supplies. Information includes how to include your baby in family traditions, symptoms of grief, how to scrapbook without photos and how to help someone who has experienced a loss. We do custom design requests and sell items in bulk for support groups. Emily and Nick run this site in memory of their child, Gabriel, stillborn 5/10/02 at 21 weeks gestation.
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