Good Morning,
I am sipping on a hot cup of Door County Candy Cane Coffee as I sit at the desk in our den. I am ready to write.
Better a dry crust with peace and quiet, than a house full of feasting with strife.
My wife Rene and I have an unwritten rule that we follow and pretty much with no exceptions. I am still working part time and when I get home from a day at work we prepare something for dinner if it wasn't prepared ahead of time. When the food is ready, we both fill our plates and take them to the kitchen table and sit down together,. We say a prayer of thanks for the food and sometimes we add another thought or to and pray for something or someone else. Then we eat. We don't take our food and run to a different room away from each other. We don't sit in front of the television and watch it while we eat. Our meal consists of time talking to each other, verbally sharing our stories from the day and discussing just about anything under the sun. Very often our schedules for the week are discussed as well as the agenda for the rest of the evening. We find this time to be most pleasant and very important to the health of our marriage. What isn't allowed is for either of us to bring and argument or contentious thoughts to the table. But it is never acceptable to dine in separate rooms unless you are sick.
Basically folks that is my advice for the day, whether you have children or not. Make that 1 hour or maybe less, be more than just a time to fill your stomach. Talk, pray, plan and discuss things with each other or with the rest of the family.
God bless,
Marty
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