Dinner Time

I like to eat dinner at the dining room table.  Don't get me wrong, I like eating in front of the TV too.  Sometimes.  When we eat in front of of the TV we're not only eating and watching TV, we're usually both on our computers as well.  We talk, a little, but our attention is divided between each other, the food, the computer and the TV. What can I say, we're good at multi-tasking.

When we eat at the dining room table we're able to focus on each other and the food.  I enjoy the food we're eating and my attention is undivided and is focused on my husband.  We're able to catch up on our days and talk more in depth.   We enjoy each other. 

We like to set the table nicely with a table runner, place mats and cloth napkins. We tend to light candles as well.  Instead of putting all the food on the table we prepare the plates in the kitchen and bring the plates to the table.

In the midst of a crazy day, a crazy week, a crazy month, a crazy life, eating dinner is a time to reconnect and refocus.  We try to do weekly devotions together too.  We've found that doing them at the end of dinner is a great time since we're already together and away from the TV and computers.  We've been going through Devotions for a Sacred Marriage by Gary L. Thomas.  This is a wonderful book that explores the idea that marriage is to make us holy, not happy.

How often do you eat together as a family?  What do you enjoy about it?