The Meaning Of Family
It started with a huge love and appreciation for the family that surrounds us. We had this dream of working on a personal project that spoke to our hearts. A project that could make a difference in the lives of others by sharing a little piece of the incredible people that we are blessed to be able to call family.
The Lorson Family is one like no other. A family that began with Robert and Helen (Krezmer) Lorson way back on October 30, 1948. Growing at a rapid pace, Robert and Helen (otherwise referred to as MeMe and PopPop) built a family of 8 children (Theresa passing at the young age of 5). The children (Robert Jr., Cecilia, Mary, Allen, Joannette, Ronald, and Rebecca) followed in their parents footsteps and continued to add to the beautiful family. Now, with 15 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren the Lorson Family continues to grow.
Sunday dinners at MeMe’s house, a visit by Santa on Christmas Eve, and the annual Easter Egg Hunt are just a few of our favorite traditions that always bring the family together physically. But there is so much more behind what keeps the Lorson Family together and that is what this project is all about.
While everyone was together to celebrate Brooke and Tony’s wedding in Ocean Isle, NC, during the summer of 2012, we decided to ask everyone in the Lorson Family to share with us what family means to them. After an evening full of laughs and tears, we were quickly reminded that family is at the core of our heart and soul. Every single value that we strive to hold ourselves accountable to stems from the incredible people that we are blessed to be able to call family.
One of our favorite things about this project was hearing everyone’s explanation of their words. It was fascinating to hear how all of them linked back to the words that MeMe spoke. PopPop is certainly shining down on us with a big smile knowing that the many values he and MeMe instilled in us by example are a huge part of every single one of us.
What we thought was a personal project to touch the lives of others quickly became a personal project that we will forever hold close to our hearts. Thank you to everyone in our amazing family for being who you are and always being true to what brings us all together.