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Marie Osmond Reveals a Sweet Tradition Passed Down in Her Family for Generations
When Marie Osmond was growing up, she learned some very important life lessons from her mother, Olive Osmond like never to cry over spoiled milk. In a very thoughtful Instagram post, Marie explained her mother was given this advice from her very own grandmother when she was just a little girl and now this is something Marie tries to teach her children and grandchildren every day.
“When my Mom was 5 years old she accidentally broke the saucer under one of her Grandmother Nichols’ fine china teacups. Panicked and thinking she would be severely punished, she started to cry,” Marie explained. “In an act of love her grandma bent down, put her arms around her, looked in her eyes and said, ‘Olive, it’s OK! It’s just made of sand so lets sweep it up and toss it out.’”
“Years later, I found myself saying the exact same thing to my children when dishes were accidentally broken. And the tradition keeps moving forward,” she added.
Marie shared this post on Sunday, October 27, and she explained this lesson has been so helpful for her that she used it just the other day on her 4-year-old granddaughter, Rocket Jade.
“The other day my sweet granddaughter Rocket did the same thing to one of my china dishes, and what did I do?” she asked. “Exactly what my great-great grandma did, I said, ‘Rocket it’s OK. It’s just made of sand so lets sweep it up and toss it out.'”
“This story about tossing away broken dishes has been passed down in our family for generations, because no one could fix them! I think it made everyone feel better but the dishes. 😂 ,” she joked.
Alongside Marie’s helpful caption was a photo of a broken bowl that was repaired with gold. Underneath the image — it read, “In Japan, broken objects are often repaired with gold. The flaw is seen as a unique piece of the object’s history, which adds to its beauty. Consider this when you feel broken.”
As a mom of eight, Marie doesn’t only try to pass on her family’s traditions to her kids, she also likes to teach them how to be self sufficient. “Our jobs as parents is to teach them to take care of themselves … but to be there when they need it,” she previously explained in an interview with Closer Weekly.
Marie is so inspirational!
