All families have stories. Thousands and thousands of them. Some are funny, some are sad, some reflect lessons learned, and some are simply a record of a family activity such as a trip to the beach.

Some stories are documented in diaries. Some show up in letters. Some are not written but are illustrated in family picture albums. Many now are embedded in social media sites such as Facebook. Most are simply passed down by word of mouth.

Anyone with the dedication, time, and effort could fill a book with Family Stories.

The BradenClan Website began in the year 2000. It has stories. Since its inception or shortly thereafter it has included a monthly calendar with linked Web pages, a monthly blog, and some other pages - notably pages on Jay's military service, and pages of Gator Jokes reflecting Jay's loyalty to Florida State University by his good natured jokes against its arch rival, the University of Florida. The site also includes a small amount of family tree information that really needs to be expanded.

With all this being said, it should be a surprise that the number of stories listed on this particular Webpage are so few. Yes, there should be many, many more. But the Braden stories are not just here, they are in the pictures, and in the stories included especially within four other locations: Army Stuff, Some Army Stories, Bonnie at 60, and Celebrate Bonnie, and embedded in 30 years of annual Christmas Letters. There are also a number of stories about Robert that were collected on the occasion of his 30th Birthday.

Here are some of our other stories in no particular order.