In my family, whenever my dad came home I would race to meet him at the door and he would hand me his jacket. I would save a special plastic red hanger for his jacket, and hang up his coat for him. Looking back, I have no idea why I did this. I guess I just liked having something special to share with him that was all mine?

Anyway along those lines, I have been trying to create a lot of little rituals with Charlie. We go to the coffee shop together pretty regularly and I let him sip my coffee. We go pumpkin hunting together regularly too, where we take long walks to spot pumpkins on various stoops.

I wonder if he will remember our little rituals.

Did you have any family rituals growing up... and what were they?