Life With My Family On The Dining Table
Family is a very important place to be. The first agent of socialization that helps prepare a kid and shape them into what they need to be in other to face the complex terrain of navigating life.
Though children can be really stubborn and some derail from the right path taught by their parents, parental love continue to keep them as part of the family, serving as their guide and light in the darkest tunnel.
My family is an amazing place. If there is a second life, i would want my family to continue to be my family. Though its not all perfect, however the imperfections are what makes it unique and awesome to be in.
Growing up as a kid, my friends do complain of how their parents starve them as punishment for their wrong doings, but in my family, my mom will never starve us as punishment. She will always flog us first with her right hand and lovingly draw us close to her side with her left hand. In her words, "You can not stand my discipline if you have an empty stomach."
Food is a very important part of proper growth and development. The dinning table is crucial. It encompasses a mere piece of wood carved for the purposes of eating, but it serves another purpose of bringing families together. This post is an entry for Hive Learners Prompt titled: "A FAMILY THAT EATS TOGETHER." In this post, i would write about a few things my family share when on the dining table. I will write if we still eat together, and why we would do/don't eat together again. So, here goes...
Dinner time is a very magical time for my family as it not only improve our bond, but it serves as a way for my mom to bring us together. The most common thing we do in our dining table is to have fun while we eat. People talk about table manners, but when we are together, we most times, forget about table manners.
We play and have fun in the dinning table. Not bringing toys or something like that, but teasing each other, we gist and you know, doing what we know how to do best, share the love.
At the heat of the happiness, my mother will always bring up the mistakes we made during the day. She will allow us to air our views and reasons why we did what we did and She correct our wrong doings and teach us better things to do if such situations presents itself in the future. Sometimes, to show that she's sorry for flogging us, she will give extra food, and pet us while calling us that sweet name she has for us. An average Nigerian mom always know how to tune their kids with sweet names so that they will relax and feel on top of the world. Lol.
Welp, currently, we are all grown up and no longer the kid we were. I have moved out of the house, same applied to my elder brother and my junior brother. My eldest sister is already married. We are all alive and well, but then, i don't think we can share such moments around our dining table any time soon.
I am always busy with work and most times, I don't go back home during holidays because i'm usually at work. I do call my mom on the phone though but i don't remember the last time I went to visit her.
We may have such moments again, but for now, I don't know when it will ever be. I really want to go back home and feel the warmth of my family even if its just once, but then, I guess adulthood comes with a lot of responsibilities and barriers against quality relationships.
I would like to implement these kind of things as a tradition in my family just like my mom did when we were younger. This tradition is the major reason why me and my kid brother are inseparable.
Thank you for reading..
Surely. There is always an advantage to dining together because one thing I get to realize is that it create unity and love.
Starving as punishment is not so ideal.
Surely. There is always an advantage to dining together because one thing I get to realize is that it create unity and love.
Starving as punishment is not a good idea
Starving is not a good punishment, but then, some people don't think so
It strange how growth systematically pulls family apart. The dining tradition is one of the earliest memories that we will never forget and the things we learn from such little gatherings are among the things that made us who we are today.
Many of the lessons learnt from that table is what shaped me and is still shaping me...
Thank you
Dinning together is a major part of bringing the family together after a long day and it strengthens family bond.
I'm glad mom doesn't starve you guys as punishment she's indeed a Queen.
True, it does..
The bond only grows bigger and better