Sunday Dinner and Eating Together as a Family - Who, What, Where, When, Why and How

Who? What? Where? When? Why? HOW! 

Sunday Dinner 

Who - Family - this means the people that you are domiciled (live) with. Family is family so please don't get hung up on traditional or modern or combined or single-parent or whatever you want to classify and call your family. Family then includes all others of family based upon biological and marital relationships - grandparents, aunts, uncles, in-laws, step-siblings, etc. Finally, family includes friends and neighbors. 

What - Sunday Dinner - Sunday Dinner means a formal main meal either at midday or evening. It means the good dishes and linens and candles and making a toast. We all own good things that are collecting dust when they should be put into use to celebrate things big and small. A sad site at an estate sale or auction is when there are beautiful dishes and candle holders and linens that were never used but carefully stored and now being sold for pennies of the original cost. It means courses and for me that means at least a main course and a decadent dessert. It also means cooking what you like and can cook. Feel free to use some easier things - bread or rolls from the bakery, ice cream for dessert, grandma bringing salad, etc. Gather help and contributions - let the youngest decorate and set the table. Husbands can grill or bar tend. It's a great day to teach cooking lessons to the next generation and the newest family members. Share tradition and ancestral recipes. Promote the family working together and achieving something unique and more than the sum of individuals. 

Where - My house, your house, grandma's and grandpa's house, here and there and everywhere in my neighborhood and around the world. 

Why - Because family matters and eating is fundamental. We are to be fed and feed both physically and spiritually. We begin our life with family and if we are blessed we will end our earthly life with family. Sunday is a day to celebrate the Resurrection, For over 2000 years Christians have come together to worship and celebrate Jesus who we honor and serve. Our life in Christ begins with us and extends first to our families and then outward. As Catholic Christians we celebrate and commemorate the Last Supper at every mass which is central to our faith.

How - Just do it. And then savor - savor flavor and memories. Make a plan and laugh when most things go very wrong. I am great at making a canyon cake instead of the layer cake. Hey, it still tastes great and keeps me humble and learning and continuing on my path to be the best version of me that I can be.