This has been a great and a productive week. For our first week and only putting out the word about the Blog to 1 Surname - Adelman/Edelman –so far, I have received more family information than I thought I would. A great problem to have! So I am recruiting my sister Clarisse to handle the daily Blog and I will handle the Family Group sheets and verification of information. So be patient the next couple of weeks while I get all the information validated and on line.
Clare is a family therapist, so if she gets too wordy you will all understand! And speaking of family, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE inform your family members about this Blog. The more information we receive, the sooner we will all LINK together.
If you are lucky enough to still have grandparents alive, great aunts and uncles, please take the time to interview them. Ask them questions because once they are gone – all the information they know, Stories, Dates, Times and Places will be gone. Take it from one who knows, I wish that I had written down all of my grandfathers stories. I wish that I had asked more questions – I wish he was still here to ask! Don’t miss this opportunity as I did.
My mother and father currently live in China and my mother teaches English at one of the factories. This language class is an incentive and a reward for those who perform well on the job. She decided that a language is best taught and better yet learned when it becomes personal. Each person was assigned to interview a family member and to get 1 story from their family member that they did not already know. The students would then have to present their story in English to the class. She was surprised at how many of the students were grateful more for the story and information they received from the family member than they were for the English lesson.
If nothing else – take the assignment from my mother, ask a family member to tell you 1 story that you do not already know and see what you learn! Let me know what you find out – I live vicariously through your family stories!
Happy Linking! Your “Cousin”, Carole
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