"Blood is thicker than water", they say but even the best of gums lose their grip quality when kept for long unattended to. The same goes for relationships.
What then do you maintain the thick blood with?
There's no greater way of strengthening this bond asides at the table, sharing a good meal, eating together as one big family adding the spice of laughter as extra ingredient to the meal... Oh, I really miss those good old days.
Growing up, my family always eat dinner together, it was more like sacred moment. That was before life became serious and responsibilities came knocking.
Before dinner gets ready, every member of the family must have been done with their respective individual tasks and even when you have one or two left, you will have to suspend it till we are done... It was that very serious and very cherished that we look up to It every now and then.
Dinner was not just about food, it was always a moment for family reunion, it was time we gather together to know how each and everyone's day went and sometimes followed by wonderful folkatakes from my dad or mum as dessert.
It's kinda sad remembering those days ever existed, such a bittersweet experience especially owing to the fact that I can't even remember the last time we had dinner together because it has been so long... Why even talk about meal, I can't even remember the last time my whole family were in the same space at the same time... It's either I'm not around or that my elder brother isn't around (well, what can boys do when we're trying to be men)
Ohhh! It's so sad how what we once had in abundance suddenly became a luxury so hard to reach. It's not because we don't want to be where we were before? But it's looking as if they have to determine National Holiday to make that possible in my family again. This is because we are all scattered across the various parts of Nigeria all trying to make ends meet.
It could even be an event, something like setting out a date where everyone will gather because truth be told, we do that for less important things.
Imagine, someone will never come home but will always come running down when someone dies? Now you ask yourself, which is better, sacrificing that little time for your loved ones when they're alive and making memories or running to shed tears when they're no more?
Hence, thinking about it now while trying to be realistic too, we might not be able to have dinner nights everyday or every month but I think it's a bond worth sacrificing for and watering every year, so yes, it should be possible for us to have a round table dinner once every year at the very least because while blood may be thick, it takes presence, laughter, and shared meals to keep it flowing strong.
Thanks for reading and have a nice day ahead 👍