birth--naming--baptism--child dedication
starting school
puberty--confirmation--bar/bat mitvah--coming of age
getting a driver's license
finishing high school--graduation--commencement
first job or starting college
attaining legal drinking age
engagement--betrothal--exchange of rings--commitment
marriage--wedding--domestic partnership
job or career change
becoming a parent--adopting
change of residence--housewarming
menopause--change of life
divorce--dissolution of marriage--becoming a widow/widower
life-changing illness
mourning
retirement--croning--saging
death--funeral--memorial service
year's anniversary of death--yahrzeit
2 comments:
Christening - that's another word to add to the first after-birth events.
-Helen Hansma
Thank You Tonia, I will celebrate and cherish doing it. So celebrations are not just social obligations to endure? It is time to appreciate the big day in front of me! Larry
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