What family habits or traditions come from your mother's side?
I think family traditions mostly came from my Mom's side of the family. Some of our family traditions were made by Mom and Dad for our family. I think most of the Christmas and Easter traditions were Mom's ideas. Mom was the communicator of the family and stayed in touch with all the family members mostly on her side of the family. I did stay connected with my Dad's siblings but now that they are gone I have no connection with the next generations. Dad's side of the family were not communicators and only got in touch when something happened in the family like weddings or funerals. Mom's side on the other hand had huge reunions that would fill a small town park. They got together every year with a potluck meal. Sadly that generation has mostly all died off and only a handful of the next generation still get together on a regular basis. From my generation on Mom's side of the family has spawned a small group of cousins that get together regularly to play cards and