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Telling Each Other How Much We Care Tradition
On October 1, 1998, our daughter Carol was born. Carol was severely handicapped from birth. From the very start, my whole family had decided that she would be cared for at home. It wasn't easy. Carol was on oxygen, was fed through a tube and needed constant attention. But oh how she was the light of our lives!!

Our precious little girl died this past January and we all miss her so much.
We decided to celebrate a special Mass in thanksgiving for Carol's life. The Mass was attended by family, friends, doctors, and nurses.

When the Mass was over, my family and I talked about how often it is that we don't say kind things about each other until it is too late. We decided right then and there to start a new family tradition. We call it the "Telling each other how much we care" tradition. We have a basket on the kitchen counter with a memo pad and pen next to it. Family members are encouraged to write nice things about the members of the family and place them in the basket, Those who cannot write yet are allowed to ask someone to write their message. This allows the whole family to share. (There once was a message from the dog - but I think that my husband wrote that).

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