Our family has always had this elaborate ritual around the first harvest every fall - my grandmother started it, my mom continued it - but since she died two years ago, none of us siblings can agree on whether to keep doing it the exact same way or let it evolve. We're all tiptoeing around each other every September and it's making the whole season feel heavy instead of celebratory.
More people experience this than they realize.
A family is stuck between honoring ancestral wisdom and allowing traditions to evolve naturally after a generational shift.
“Where Are You with The farmer's calendar — seasonal wisdom?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.