Sunday

Sunday is a great day. We try very hard to have Sunday Dinner with our "adult" children. One is out of state so she is not able to participate often. Our two sons that live here are regulars at our Sunday Dinners. Sometimes it is a simple meal of cheese burgers and other times it is a real homed cooked meal with all the fixings. The food matters much less than the regularity of the event and the conversation that happens while the food is being cooked, eaten and the clean-up process that takes place after the meal.

We often eat our Sunday Dinners on the deck when the weather is nice as it has been this summer. It is nice to get close to nature and just listen to the sounds of crickets, birds, and children playing while we share a meal. I like having the meal just before another work/school week begins. It makes me feel that I have "checked in" with the boys so that I know more of what is going on with their lives.

So often the conversations we have at the Sunday Dinner will surprise me. I am happily surprised when I get to hear detail about the lives of our boys that I may not have heard otherwise. I am proud to hear about the good things they are doing. I am challenged by the advice they are looking for at times. I am blessed to think about how well all of my kids are doing--the choices they are making and the good work they are doing.

Staying close to children after they "leave the nest" is not always easy. I have found that "Sunday Dinners" are a good way to do just that.

Enjoy your Sunday routine--whatever that may be.

Take care,
MissT