Especially today, when many families are fragmented, there is  a need to write down our recollections, memoirs, family stories...to leave a living legacy for our current, and especially, our future descendants. 

I have just returned from a trip to the Rocky Mo...

Cyril Cusack said "If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am." You may be wondering, "What a strange resolution. We all know who we are; but do we—really?

According to Wikipedia, "Cusack was born in Durban, Natal, South Africa. Hi...

Hopefully, you will be having a joyful and peaceful gathering with your family during the holidays.

If you may be having difficulty getting the family together for the holidays because of the not uncommon family friction and you feel stressed out, consider two of the e...

Disclaimer: I fully understand there are dysfunctional families and this may not apply to these families, yet in general the vast majority of children grow up in a loving, though perhaps, difficult families. That said...

Later this week, many of us will get together wit...

Though I am quite vocal on my views with my relatives, friends and on my personal social media, such as Facebook, I refrain from my personal views on my two organizational ventures, Embrace Our Heritage and Quality Communications & Training--unless it affects the missi...

Parents are generally involved in their children's school in elementary school. I recall my mother was actively involved in my elementary school PTA. Even my dad, a person who rarely was involved with any sort of activities, was a member of my school's Men's Club. I es...

Click on this photo to read the story on  There’s nothing wrong with thinking of your pet as a child. The article ends with:

When interviewed by Science Daily, lead author Samantha Deffler recalled her mother routinely referred to her by the name of her sister, bro...

Identical twins separated at birth and reunited years later will have lived very similar lives, even though their environment may have been totally different. Why, you may ask. Very simply, our heritage, i.e. our DNA, identifies who we are, our habits, how we react to...

Thirty years ago today, August 31, 1986, my friend and I were outside in our front yard in Cerritos, CA. It was a beautiful Sunday morning. The middle of a Labor Day weekend. Not a cloud in the sky. Not a care in the world—until tragedy struck. 

My friend and...

Last week, I posted on our Embrace Our Heritage Facebook Page, an article, "'No Place For Discontent': A History Of The Family Dinner In America." I mentioned I would discuss our family dinner this week.

As shown in the photo above, my parents, brother and I grew eating...