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EspañolWhat is a family party: birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, good news, or a memorable event? The reason is an excuse. In reality, we celebrate seeing each other, getting together, enjoying each other, living what we are: profound and lifelong bonds of love. If, by chance, one of us has accomplished something all the better. We celebrate by sharing said success together.
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“The family must always be a place where, when something good happens to one of its members, they know that others will be there to celebrate it with them.” (The Joy of Love, n.110)
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Diego and his siblings are in a hurry to get home. If we could have had cameras filming them, we would have seen that, at the end of their lessons, each one was rushing home to get there as early as possible. “Why such a rush?” a friend asks Diego. He replies, “Today we are going to celebrate that my brother Augusto has been told that he will be part of the University´s soccer team.” Never cease to celebrate as a family.
The joy each person in our family experiences is not only “their joy,” but it is “everyone´s” joy. It is the family´s joy. Celebrate the important dates of the parents´ love story that gave birth to that family: the day they met, the day they got engaged, of course, the wedding anniversary. Celebrate birthdays. Celebrate the joy produced by each family member´s accomplishments: a good grade, siblings making peace, children achieving big or small goals that cost them effort. Have small but endearing celebrations, which show that love is manifested and grows in the little things.
In reality, to be a family – our loving relationships and union – is the celebration.
