How to Bury a Goldfish: And 113 Other Family Rituals for Everyday Life
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Two years ago, author Virginia Lang stood poised over the toilet bowl, a goldfish in hand, when she was struck by the sorrow in her daughter's eyes at losing her first pet. She pulled back. Mother and daughter then performed an impromptu ceremony in the garden, placing a wildflower on the site and speaking about the loss of a friend.
How to Bury a Goldfish instills meaning in the passages of everyday life. It melds many of the world's oldest traditions with contemporary celebrations, allowing people to honor life's events in tangible ways. Not a book of complex rituals with several elements, this is a collection of simple celebrations for anyone in the family. The suggestions are unusual and funny, like celebrating Thanksgiving "Tom Jones style," where guests sit on pillows and offer food to one another; they are beautifully simple, like reciting The Passionate Shepherd to His Love to an older person on Valentine's Day; and they are spiritual, like explaining the symbolism of each object in a Kwanza celebration.
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How To Bury a Goldfish: ...and 113 Other Family Rituals for Everyday Life
A few years ago, author Virginia E. Lang stood poised over the toilet, a goldfish in hand. On the verge of flushing her young daughter's first pet, she was stopped by the sorrow in the girl's eyes. Instead, mother and daughter performed an impromptu ceremony in the garden, placing a wildflower on the grave site and speaking from the heart on the loss of a friend.
Later, Lang and co-author Louise B. Nayer were struck again, this time by how so many of us have forgotten or strayed away from the ceremonies and traditions that help us mark the memorable moments in our lives.
And How to Bury a Goldfish was born. In it, you will find ways to help instill mindfulness and grace in the passages of everyday life. Lang and Nayer have taken the best of many of the world's oldest traditions and ceremonies and combined them with contemporary ones of their own creation, all to help you mark the events of your life in heartfelt ways.
How to Bury a Goldfish: And 113 Other Family Rituals for Everyday Life
How to Bury a Goldfish: And 113 Other Family Rituals for Everyday Life,Virginia E. Lang,Louise B. Nayer,Rodale Press,1579542751,Activities,Child Care/Parenting,Family,Family & Relationships,Family / Parenting / Childbirth,Family Relationships,Family life,Family recreation,United States
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