This post is for February 3rd, 2011
MEMORY -
Sunday dinners with Pete. He would make his famous wine and meat filled gravy, cook his favorite pasta and toss his olive and tomato salad. It seemed to be the one time of week we could all meet up together as a family, take our time and enjoy good food with good company. Even through taking our time, there was always a natural habit of cleaning up the table shortly after dessert. Never thought twice about it till today.
APPLICATION -
After a long flight with crappy food, Erik and I were delightfully surprised when we arrived at Nancy and Jerome's home. They immediately sat us down with amazing wine, real french bread and the stinkiest of cheeses (those are the best). It was the perfect "hold over" snack till dinner. Before we knew it, we were eating again! The wine, bread and cheese seemed to find it's way to the table again along with my o-so content husband. Within no time (it seemed) salad was brought out, soon after that, the main entree was delivered then of course dessert, a homemade prune pie! Soooooo yummy. Between the wine, the food, the laughs .... I totally lost track of time. Feeling a little panicked toward the end of dinner, I checked the time. I have a bad habit of always checking the time, in fear I will be late for the next upcoming task or event. I almost fell out of my chair when I saw it was 11:00 pm! We had been having dinner for 3 hrs! WOW! It not only went by fast, but we were doing everything so slowly. We ate slowly, we took our time in conversation. It seemed this was the way we were intended to have dinner all along. I am now working on breaking my "time check" habit, it feels great!
REFLECTION -
As distant as Pete was from his original Italian roots, there was still some European habits in his blood. Providing his Sunday dinner every week created a safe zone for a our family. A place we could all come together as we were, delight in each other's company and put "clock time" aside. Our dinner wasn't as long as the ones they have over seas, but it was definitely as meaningful.
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