Meal times are really important around here! As it should be! When else can you get everyone together sitting face to face with full attention on family. This is when we share how our day was. This is time when we connect with one another. without this time I think it would be really easy for members of the family to loose touch with each other or worse, not develop a relationship at all. I see many families who do not take time to share a meal together - sometimes because they have no choice- and I wonder what they do to make up for the lost face time. We as a family have other times that we do spend together but most of the planning of these times takes place while we are eating dinner. I think if we didn't make a point of eating together we would also miss out on some of the other times. I know when on occasion my husband has to work late for a few days in a row he begins to feel out of touch with the family. Thank goodness this doesn't happen too often.
I love meal times. Cooking delicious nutritious meals allows me to feel like I am nurturing my family. I really pour my heart into it! But what I love the most about meal time is being able to look at each of my family members and soak in their sweet faces and enjoy what they are saying and witness them growing and discovering while I squeeze the hand of my partner or share a knowing glace. Really there isn't much that compares with that feeling.
I can't wait for dinner!
