“I only knew my great-grandmother through the stories of my father, whom she cared about a lot when he was a child. And I’ve never forgotten this: that she had kept all her life on her mantelpiece a framed engraving of Victor Hugo’s state funeral. In this very conservative region, dominated by the Church and […]
Tag: Family ties
The new craze for family houses, symbols of the ideal tribe
The photo book passes from hand to hand, from one guest to another. We see two beautiful houses placed on the shore of Bréhat, the pink island off the Côtes-d’Armor. Some discover them, others know them and evoke their memories. Everyone marvels. Séverine is moved. This album is the gift of his friend Natacha for […]
The family home, childhood memories or inheritance imbroglio
“A house in which we have shared so much” Jean-François, 42 years old “I have exceptional memories of holidays spent in my grandparents’ houses where I met my cousins. On my mother’s side, the house was located in Franche-Comté and on my father’s side, in Limousin. We went there at Christmas and especially in the […]
Family house in joint ownership: “It is essential to establish a schedule for periods of occupation”
The cross : Why are family houses often inherited in joint ownership? Alexandra Deschamps: It is not the family home that leads to joint ownership, but the number of heirs. There is indivision when there are at least two heirs. Moreover, and these are the statistics that show it, the family home is often the […]
Hiking with the family: “Transmit to my children this thirst for the wide world”
“Photo-reporter, I have always been interested in the rituals of passage in Africa, Asia and South America, where I come from. I imagined one for my own children, that of the “little man” to accomplish at 7, the age of reason. The idea is to surpass oneself physically, psychologically and spiritually. → REPORT. After confinement, […]
Laure Adler: “The inner beauty of my mother”
“My mother, who is 93 years old, has not spoken for a few months, but I believe that we have both managed to find a space for dialogue and sharing that involves looks, caresses, silences. As long as she is there, I am there, in the same world as her and I try to be […]
“Our handicap is not an obstacle to parenthood”
“Hamou and I have been paraplegics since the age of 21 and 19, following car accidents. We met by chance a few years later, but our first relationship didn’t last. We did not follow the same path during the reconstruction. I immediately accepted my disability, I took trips, I moved, while Hamou resumed her life […]
Hymn to love, the La Croix file
” We talk about love for the motherland, love for one’s profession, love between friends, love for work, love between parents and children, between brothers and between relatives, love for neighbor and love for God », Notes Pope Benedict XVI in the first lines of his encyclical Deus caritas is published in 2005. We still […]
When the faith of the youngest troubles their elders
“When I come back to my family, we don’t talk much about faith or religionsmiles Father Alexandre Brouillet, young vicar of Tours cathedral. There is a form of modesty between us. “ The young man traced his path to the priesthood starting from a family of a modest social background and little inclined to the […]