The Holmes Family

As we look back and study our Family History, we see that our fore parents, Susanna and Robert, faced very hard times but managed to accomplish their goals as a family.  When rough trials faced them, family reunited (together) in order to survive. That was in 1955.

In 2013, conditions and situations often seem very hard and almost unbearable. This is our time to pull together and become as strong a family as the Holmes family was in 1955…united.  We are facing hard times ahead (in our day) just as our fore parents struggled working, teaching and setting examples on how to support each other and togetherness by having annual family cook-outs.

We should be so grateful to belong to a family where we can face each day…together like the example Robert and Susanna set for us.  All for one and one for all!

Today is no different than those of our pioneer heritage. Robert and Susanna took risks in a united effort to protect the family as they PUSH forward working and searching for a better life quietly holding on to their beliefs, standards and principles. 

We may have new and different trials today but the approach to success is the same.  The key back then was that they had each other to count on in order to get through those trials.  The same goes for us today. And each year you are encouraged to participate in the annual Holmes Family Reunion.  We are living at such a time where principles, values, trust and hope are being challenged and we need to stick together in order to protect sacred  life-long values.  

 Robert and Susanna left their homes walking through rough unexplored territory with the faith of finding a better life for their family. Sure the world is greedy and demanding upon our lives and our time but without you there will not be an Annual Holmes Family Reunion. We need to see clearly the path we wish to follow and the way in which we must move forward in order for success.  Like God, families are the same yesterday, today and forever united by blood.

Attendance at our annual reunions is a small indication that we are losing some things. And if we’ve learned anything from our past, let it be that pulling together as families and staying true to the beliefs that Robert and Susanna taught, understanding that once a year does not take away from individual identity but should give us an opportunity to meet and greet as a family and actually bring us all together even more closely.

Our Heavenly father feels the same way about each and every one of us.  We are His children, and we are His work and His glory.  We are descendants of Robert and Susanna. The better we are and the more successful we choose to become, the greater will be God’s joy.  This is the nature of families.  What a lonely world this would be if each of us had to face it alone.  This is why we must love our family, our neighbors and ourselves.

God Bless you. Our hope is that the Annual Holmes Family Reunion Survives and continue to grow the legacy of Robert and Susanna Holmes.