“I am what I eat!”

In my family food is more than just nourishment to our bodies, it’s heeling to our souls. I’m not trying to say that we overeat or love food to an excessive extent, but rather I say this because food is what brings our family together; it makes us whole. As time passes, our lives seem to become more occupied with work and things outside the family; we begin loose connection and bonding with those who matter most. When my family comes together it’s always for dinner. Sitting at my mother’s table we are linked once again. We talk and laugh while enjoying a wonderful meal. It’s not about what type of food it was or even if it tasted right; food brings my family closer together. When getting together now, it makes me remember when I was young. My parents made my brother and I eat with them up until we had jobs in high school. They felt that dinner with everyone was important to stay together; in order to remain connected as a family. I am so glad for what they did; they were not simply feeding us dinner, but instilling values and traditions that made us feel complete and whole as a family. In the future when I begin to raise a family, I will also insist on having dinner as a family; I must maintain tradition.