10/10/2012
http://angiesmithonline.com/2012/07/the-table/

I read this and maybe i am being too analytical and or sentimental but i began thinking of our table..or the lack there of. Dinners togetther were always important in my family growing up. I have read studies on the importance of family dinners and childrens development and behavior. And my heart just says that eating together is important. Tony and I don't have a dining table right now, we have been looking for one but haven't found it yet. We have had one before but just one to serve the purpose, we didn't really like it. It's a big purchase to me because it's not something you buy and change out every few years, you keep a table for forever it's seems. My parents just bought a new table in the past couple of years. They had had the other for over 25 years!

And then I read this!
http://www.aholyexperience.com/2012/05/bible-reading-as-a-family-devotiona/
So now it's not just a search for a table but far more. How will we have our meals. If any of you ever ate with me and my family growing up, specifically my grandparents New, you know that we aren't always "normal.".my grandfather always sang a hymn before eating. And prayer before a meal no matter which grandparents or my parents house was never left out. Tony and have a dear friend in Atlanta who is a retired minister and he has a rule that whomever provides the meal has to give the blessing. So what will we do? Will we sing a hymn before each meal. Will we read scripture at each meal?


10/21/2012
We have found a table!!even better though is that we found a table we both like and we ......well tony and my dad...can and are going to build it!