{"id":2106501,"date":"2023-11-23T07:58:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T12:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-things-my-grandmother-taught-me-about-embracing-tradition-and-femininity\/"},"modified":"2023-11-23T08:02:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T13:02:18","slug":"7-things-my-grandmother-taught-me-about-embracing-tradition-and-femininity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-things-my-grandmother-taught-me-about-embracing-tradition-and-femininity\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Lessons on Tradition and Femininity from My Grandmother"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F7-things-my-grandmother-taught-me-about-embracing-tradition-and-femininity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2106501&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>As families around America gather to give thanks on Thursday, spreading love and sharing \u200bour customs will be at the heart of those celebrations. Such special moments help me remember where I come from and draw from the spirit\u2063 of my grandmother, who raised eight children with kindness\u2062 and love.<\/p>\n<p>My \u200cgrandmother was\u200c a traditional\u200b woman. She \u200dbelieved in God, her country, and her family. She was always \u200cthere for her 16 grandchildren and enjoyed giving back to her community.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Through her, \u200dI\u2064 learned to\u2064 love tradition and\u200d family. She taught me to embrace\u200d my \u200cnatural\u2062 roles, appreciate what I \u2062have, support my loved ones in times \u2063of need, welcome faith to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-city-mayoral-candidate-claims-hundreds-of-students-can-learn-remotely-from-a-single-teacher-the-pandemic-shows-otherwise\/\" title=\"New York City Mayoral Candidate Claims Hundreds Of Students Can Learn Remotely From A Single Teacher. The Pandemic Shows Otherwise.\">increase <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/months-after-closing-beaches-newsom-smugly-suggests-people-hit-the-sand-for-their-mental-health\/\" title=\"Months After Closing Beaches, Newsom Smugly Suggests People Hit the Sand for Their Mental Health\">mental health<\/a><\/a>, be\u200b charitable, be kind, and always reach out to neighbors and friends to strengthen community ties.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Embracing My Feminine Roles<\/h2>\n<p>My grandmother loved being a wife and cherished motherhood. She devoted herself to her family because she \u2064believed it \u200bwas God\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p>Modern\u2064 women are \u2063pulled in so many directions \u2063it \u2064can be difficult\u200b to relate to this, but\u2064 when I became a mother, I suddenly understood. \u200cA woman\u2019s role in the home \u2063is\u2063 important for not\u200b just her own\u200d benefit, but also\u2062 that of her children and community.<\/p>\n<p>Imparting the gift of feminine influence provides balance in an imbalanced society. Nurturing care is something we all need, and that is a woman\u2019s\u200d work.\u200b By being there for\u200c my children and helping my husband when he\u2064 has \u200ba bad day,\u200b I am offering them the love they need to overcome all struggles.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Living\u2063 with Gratitude<\/h2>\n<p>I \u2064used to fall prey to a victimhood mentality. It\u2019s easy for children to \u2062do so because it is an immature state of mind. Whenever I was pitying myself for my family\u2019s poverty or not getting what I wanted, my grandmother smiled and reminded\u200b me that I was always\u200b fed, clothed, and had a\u2064 bed of \u200cmy \u200bown to sleep in.\u2062 She was adamant that I must be thankful to have what I did instead of complaining about what \u2063I was lacking.<\/p>\n<p>Then, during my teen years, I experienced serious hardship. My \u2063sister and I were\u200d homeless for a brief period, and we truly learned the\u200c meaning of gratitude as members \u2063of \u200cour community rallied together to ensure that we could get an apartment and work to care for ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>This reminded me of my grandmother\u2019s \u2063lessons, and every day I count my blessings in \u2063all avenues\u200c of life.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Supporting Others<\/h2>\n<p>Having a support\u2064 system is something I am grateful for. My grandmother always offered encouragement and was\u2063 excited about my dreams.<\/p>\n<p>I never heard her say, \u201cYou can\u2019t do that,\u201d or \u201cYou \u2063won\u2019t\u2064 make it.\u201d I\u200d dream big, but she listened \u200dand understood\u2062 the importance of hope.<\/p>\n<p>I was always able to go to her and know that I could do anything I worked hard enough at. It\u2019s one of the main reasons I can still work through \u200cany rejection today.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Faith\u2019s Role\u2062 in Mental Health<\/h2>\n<p>Having that support system gave me faith. My grandmother was \u2063a churchgoing woman. She knew her God \u200dand loved Him and shared that with us.<\/p>\n<p>She lived her faith every \u200bday. Grandma gave my sister and \u200bme our first rosaries and taught us that faith is a joyous thing. To her,\u2062 faith wasn\u2019t\u2062 about what house of\u200d worship you go to, but having a connection to one\u2019s Creator to live\u2063 a meaningful life that looks forward to an existence\u200d beyond our material world.<\/p>\n<p>I \u2063attribute my ability to keep a healthy mindset to this.\u2063 Although mental\u200c health practices\u2062 have excluded \u2062faith as a \u2064method to \u200cfind balance, scientists are \u2062now linking healthy mental \u200cstates to \u2062faith practices. Even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0732118X20302087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Science Direct<\/a> \u200d published findings that linked faith with a healthy sense of life purpose and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/researcher-debunks-claim-trans-youths-mental-health-improves-with-gender-affirming-care\/\" title=\"Researcher Debunks Claim Trans Youth\u2019s Mental Health Improves With \u2018Gender Affirming\u2019 Care\">positive mental health outcomes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>5. \u2063Giving to Those in Need<\/h2>\n<p>Even\u200b though I grew up in poverty, my mother taught me \u2063that we\u200b can always give something back because\u2064 there is always \u2063someone less fortunate than we are \u2014 a lesson that came from my grandmother. This taught me the value of\u200b donating my time and funds to the charities and people I know need it most.<\/p>\n<p>One of our favorite family traditions was Christmas caroling with my grandmother every December. Everyone in our family was invited to go around her\u2062 neighborhood singing \u200con Saint Nick\u2019s Day, and we collected \u200cmoney in a can for the United Way. It spread so much joy and kindness that her neighbors anticipated us each \u200cyear.<\/p>\n<h2>6. Offering Kindness to Promote Happiness<\/h2>\n<p>Being good to others was just Grandma\u2019s \u2064way of life. She didn\u2019t wish for anyone to speak ill of each \u200dother; \u2062she believed that\u2062 was ungodly.<\/p>\n<p>If my sister and I argued in front of her, she would sing, \u201cLet there be peace on earth.\u201d She did not forbid anyone \u2064from freely \u2064expressing herself but politely let her loved\u200c ones know that she wanted everyone to feel loved. She lived to laugh and\u200c smile. She knew happiness was spread \u200bwhen people came together by\u2064 celebrating their \u200csimilarities instead of\u200b arguing over their differences.<\/p>\n<h2>7. \u200bBeing a Community Organizer<\/h2>\n<p>My \u2064grandmother desired to spread happiness\u200b that connected her to her \u2062community. She knew \u200dwomen held the key to organizing neighbors and working together. She was \u200cactive in her church and the glue \u200bof the family. Now that she\u2019s gone, I draw from her wisdom every\u2064 day.<\/p>\n<p>I \u200cam a\u200b homeschooling mother with five children. \u200cI \u200dteach at my local co-op, and it \u2062is a \u200dwonderful blessing \u2064that reminds me people are still as loving and \u2064kind as they always were.<\/p>\n<p>But family is where it all starts. I appreciate the\u2063 love\u2064 my grandmother bestowed, and I am happy to take on\u2063 the feminine roles she embodied to give my family\u200c and\u200d our \u2063community\u200d the grace and\u2064 dignity that is needed for \u200bus \u200dto live in harmony.<\/p>\n<p>I feel \u2062this duty so strongly that I\u2062 wrote a book called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Reclaiming-Femininity-Saving-Womens-Traditions-ebook\/dp\/B0CD9QF1M8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Reclaiming Femininity: Saving\u200d Women\u2019s \u2064Traditions &#038; \u200dOur Future<\/em><\/a>  because I want the beautiful lessons of\u2063 our grandmothers to \u2062live on and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-things-my-grandmother-taught-me-about-embracing-tradition-and-femininity\/\" title=\"7 Lessons on Tradition and Femininity from My Grandmother\">heal \u2063current societal ailments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These \u2064are the elements that are going to save us. They \u2062are the values that my grandmother and the women of her time brought to life in the past, and we can share \u200dthem again to \u200drevive their joys and\u2064 happiness in \u200bthe \u200cfuture.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How can\u200d kindness\u200c contribute to the betterment of families and communities<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2062 Ss<\/h2>\n<p>Kindness\u2060\u2014a value \u2064my grandmother emphasized\u2060\u2014can \u200bhave a profound impact on\u2064 both the giver and the receiver. She \u200btaught\u200c me\u200c that a \u200dsimple act of kindness can change someone&#8217;s\u200b day, and sometimes even\u2062 their life.<\/p>\n<p>My grandmother would always\u200d remind\u2064 me to be polite, to use\u2064 my\u2064 manners, and \u2064to \u2063treat others with respect and empathy. She demonstrated this in her interactions with everyone she encountered,\u2064 from family members to strangers on the street.\u200d She believed \u2062that spreading kindness and\u200d love was a responsibility\u2062 we all\u200c shared.<\/p>\n<p>And\u2063 she was right. Numerous studies have shown that\u200c acts of kindness \u2064not only benefit the recipient, but also the person performing the\u200c act. Kindness releases feel-good\u2063 hormones in our brains, promotes emotional well-being, and strengthens \u200dsocial connections.<\/p>\n<h2>7. Strengthening Community Ties<\/h2>\n<p>My\u2064 grandmother believed\u200d that\u2064 a\u2062 strong community \u2064is built upon strong relationships. She\u2064 encouraged me to reach out to neighbors, \u2062to organize community events, and \u2062to get involved in local initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Her sense of community extended beyond our\u200c immediate neighborhood. She was involved in various social and charitable organizations, \u200calways\u2063 eager to lend a helping hand and \u200bmake a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitch-slammed-for-tweeting-womxns-history-month\/\" title=\"Twitch Slammed For Tweeting \u2018Womxn\u2019s History Month\u2019\">positive impact<\/a>. Through \u200cher example,\u200d I learned \u200cthe \u2062importance of active\u200d participation in building a \u2062strong and\u2063 supportive community.<\/p>\n<p>As I gather with my own family \u2062this \u2063Thanksgiving, I will \u2064remember my grandmother&#8217;s teachings \u200cand \u2064strive to pass on her \u2063legacy of love, tradition, and community. \u200dI am grateful for the values \u200dshe instilled \u200bin me and for the strength\u2062 and inspiration she continues to \u200dprovide.<\/p>\n<p>May we \u2063all embrace our roles, live with gratitude, support others, nurture \u200dour\u200c faith, give to those in \u2062need, and offer kindness to promote happiness. In doing so, we will not only enrich our own lives, but also contribute to the \u2062betterment of our families and communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As families gather in America to give thanks, love and customs will be central to the celebrations. These moments remind me of my roots and the spirit of my grandmother, who lovingly raised eight children. 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