Welcome to Heart of the Home Blog. This blog is intended to encourage and help. There is no better way to communicate with your spouse and children than through a peaceful family meal. Each day all across the world families have an opportunity to come together to relax and enjoy each other's company. No matter how young or old a person may be as long as they are old enough to talk they always have something they can contribute to a family conversation. There is no better way to get to know your family than over a family meal. It doesn't have to be anything fancy. It doesn't even have to be homecooked. However that would be my personal preference. It could be something as simple as a bucket of chicken from KFC. (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
Our lives are so busy these days. In many cases both Dad and Mom are working outside of the home. The children are in school and have many activites they are involved in after school. Many people have church activites at least 2 days a week. All of these things combined can add up to not having many hours to get to know your family. So, for me and my adorable husband, we decided when our girls were very young that we would make it a priority to all have the evening meal together. As our girls grew and began spending more time with friends away from home it was still very important for all of us to be at home for dinner.It was ok if they wanted to bring a friend to our dinner table too. As a matter of fact I loved it when the girls had friend over to join us for a meal. I remember one time when our oldest daughter, Katy was in middle school she came home with a very sad story. She told us that during lunch that day one of her friends asked if her mom cooked. Of course, Katy said that not only did I cook but her dad cooked too. One of us cooked dinner nearly every night. This conversastion quickly drew in several other friends. Katy learned that most of her friends not only did not get a home cooked meal at night but the majority of them did not even eat dinner with their family. Most just ate dinner alone sitting in front of the TV. Katy and I both thought this was very sad. It seemed like a lonesome evening. You see, at our house dinner time was when our family came together after a long day. Sometimes dinner time was quiet with not much talking but most were pretty busy with lots of chatting and laughter. These were my favorite dinners. These were the times when we got to know our daughters. They would tell us the stories of their day and Mom and Dad would throw in a few of our stories too. This is also the place where many life lesson were learned.
Please feel free to post comments. As a matter of fact, I would love to learn about your family meal times.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Until next time....
