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Should You Keep Old Family Traditions or Start New Ones After Losing Your Parents?

Name: Grieving My Parents by Finishing My Mom's Children's Book
Uploaded: 2026-10-11T15:48:12+00:00
Description: Kelsey Lizee Cecil on losing both parents and publishing Rally Takes the Train, the children's book her mom always wanted to write.

You don't have to choose between keeping every tradition and starting over. Most families land somewhere in the middle after a parent dies: a few traditions stay exactly as they were, some get adapted or paused, and something new eventually shows up. Try your choices for one season, then talk it over and decide again next year.