SEC17 WK:#6: My Family, My Pride!
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Families are a beautiful part of our existence and no one is a terminator right?
We are all have a root and no matter how bad or good, we all have that thing we love about our family. For me there’s a lot and my family is indeed my pride.
There are many things that make my family outstanding.
- The first is that my family was a hub of peace. I’d say that the peaceful relationship that existed between my mum and dad was so extraordinary. I didn’t see them raise their voices at each other, quarreled or had my dad beating my mum any day.
I don’t even know if they had issues but it was simply not rubbed into our faces and that means a whole lot. Our home was a haven of peace.
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- You know that saying that a family that prays together, stays together. In my home it’s a tradition to pray together with one another . We prayed together every morning championed by mum and later dad joined the crew before his demise.
We were a praying family and that helped to champion parts of my spiritual journey growing up. I learnt that praying is important for our existence.
- A family that prays together also eats together. Yes we did eat together until we were all grown up and left the house. The fun or eating together and joking having squabbles about who ate meat or fish while eating had no equating.
Whenever we fight over who ate the meat or fish meant for everyone and hopefully match towards mum and dad to judge the victim, it was fun.
- We all practically went to boarding houses. Mum and dad made sure every one of us kids did. We don’t know why but it was like a traditional in the house and we followed suit and it made us become independent earlier than expected.
We all grew into fine young men and women who would learn early to fend for themselves while being guided my their parents love. We weren’t from a rich family but mum and dad made sure we had just what we needed when we needed them.
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- I won’t forget to mention the story times. Those days growing up, I always look forward to great story times by mum. After dinner we would gather around mum to tell us scary, sweet and sad stories about the tortoise, spirits and the animal kingdom.
These stories made up huge parts of my growing up and great memories that I practically laugh whenever I remember the strangeness of the stories that I swallowed hook line and sinker as a child.
Mum made them so real that you couldn’t help but believe them. They appear funny now but then they helped to shape some of my reasoning and moral discipline. We knew there was a repercussion for any evil done.
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Did your family embody some superstitions? Mine was not left out. Those superstitions added fun to our growing up. Some of them includes ;
When you swallow an orange seed or any fruit seed especially oranges, the tree would grow in your stomach. It made us so afraid that we were careful anytime we were eating oranges.
When our teeth falls off, we throw it to the zinced roof and ask a lizard to swallow it so that our teeth can grow back. We believed that if it was swallowed by a rat, the teeth will not grow back.
Now that feels so stupid but then it was a serious issue. We would confidently stand in front of that great roof that holds the destiny of our next tooth growing back and ask the rat not to swallow the tooth and ask the lizard to before we throw it up our neighbors roof. So stupid. Hahaha.
- We also believed that when our palms or our eyelids start itching that someone is about to give us money.
So many memories made my family fun to be in. Now we are all grown and starting families of our own. I love my family and they are my pride.
Thanks for coming down this lane with me. I do hope you drop your thoughts on this great article about my family as I ask @ruthjoe, @ jovita30 and @ninapneda to join the engagement.
Hahaha, those superstition were so real that everyone believed it. I was so conscious of my tooth whenever it falls and made sure the lizard would swallow it to avoid stories. Ypur family was just fun and loving. Mom and dad built the family under the umbrella of God and never gave up. Family that prays together grows together. They are always supportive with each other and carry each other along in whatever they do. Your family is so blessed just like mine. We always steak together like bread and butter. You have such a beautiful family, Success to you!
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts on my post. Great families are the best. Do have a great day.
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Thank you for participating in the Steemit Engagement Challenge Season 17 in the Steem kids and parents Community.
Joined this wonderful challenge with a wonderful post about your family pride. Your wonderful presentation is excellent. You wrote a wonderful post sharing some beautiful photos.
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Hello dear friend
Greetings to you hope you are well and enjoying happy life with steem sounds like me. Its great to see your whole family loves each other and perform any work together also eat together and fun together. Family is our pride because we are in the world just for the help of parents. May God bless all the families including you. Many success for you. Stay safe and happy
Thanks friend
Waw, this is really interesting, best post I have read so far, you reminded me those superstitious stories, and onr thing is that, it's look so real. My grandma always advised me to bury our tooth on the ground if not, there's a bird they called idiang, where we believe that if it tooth your tooth, your tooth will stop growing. It's happen to me, I didn't bury it and it's takes time for my tooth to grow back which makes me that it's true back then. Now I know it's was all a story. 🤣
You have a Very wonderful family, praying together, eating together, Living together, having fun together are those things that makes your family unique spectacular.
I wish you the best dear
Greeting from Lagos
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Ohhh, bury teeth on the ground, there’s nothing will didn’t hear growing up. That would be giving the teeth a befitting burial. No burial, no growing. It’s well. Glad to know you enjoyed my post. Success
Its was so scary back then , you can imagine how an Orange tree will be growing in our stomach, most of us even had to reject licking orange so that we would not mistakenly swallowed the seed. Now the truth, I mean all the truth has been unfold.
Sometimes on my way back to school, if my right eye start blinking, I will believe that there will be food in the house, but if uts the left side, its means that the house is empty. crazy crazy stuff 🤣🤣🤣
You remind me all that.
Good luck dear.
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So funny and they made childhood memorable. Success
Hello dear, I'm so happy to go through your contest indeed you've really write it well, you've decided to share some meaningful point's in your writing, lol you're so funny for the fact that it was lizard that actually takes your teeth whenever you throw it over the zinc it's also happen to me earlier my childhood and I actually became use to throwing of teeths over the zinc when ever my teeth falls down. I'm also happy for the fact that your family are living very happily it's a wonderful decision. And also for the fact that your family is a prayer family indeed your mum is a good one for also setting some financial well-being to you guys by telling you guy's the best life story it's a good decision to make. All I can say is that may God continue to keeps your family happy always so that life can be more meaningful for you all to meet up with some great achievements
I wish you all the best on your contest.
Cheers ☺️.
Thanks friend for the valid engagement on my post. It’s good to know that am not alone on the teeth and lizard story 😂. Thanks and success
Laughing out loud😂😂
Greetings
As you mentioned, the first in your family is that there was a hub of peace. We can also say that the peaceful relationship that existed between your mum and dad was so extraordinary. I wish this bondings may God more and more deeper. I wish you good luck for the challenge 🙏