Rebuilding

I've rebuilt my life several times, but never with my kids.  It's weird to have them along for the journey.  The stakes are higher, it's hard to guide someone else, things can feel very overwhelming for everyone.  But at the same time, I'm grateful to have them with me.  They bring new light and understanding to everything that we do.

In the reality that is our current religious (or non-religious) situation, it's important for us to build a family space that accepts and nurtures us all.  This hasn't been taught to us in church and is a whole new building sort of process.  It's scary, exciting, wonderful.

As we all figure out where we each individually stand on topics like God/god, religion, rules, Jesus, etc., we laid out a ground work of family values.  It's a framework that's meant to guide and support our individual journeys while keeping us a cohesive unit.

And so I present:

Thacker Family Values

As we journey through life, we recognize the need to live by values that will guide us to be good, moral people.  These values include:

Hope
Love
Respect
Forgiveness
Peace
Compassion
Trustworthiness
Imagination
Wisdom
Joy
Truth
Courage

We know that we can support each other in living these values, regardless of our individual belief structures.

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Moving forward.  One building block at a time.