So I was online tonight, just messing around and found this poem. I thought that it was great. When growing up, my family always ate together with the TV off, it made such an impact in my life. It is very important to me to raise my family to do the same. This poem reminded me of when I was a child and impressed upon me the importance of me continuing on this tradition. Hopefully you will like the poem, and may be also motivated to do the same in your household, if it isn't done already. Remember, it doesn't take very much to make a memory that will last forever!
"They say that times were tough then That money was very tight But I remember my childhood And I know that can't be right Mom would cook our dinner Dad came home at five We were all sitting at the table Waiting for him to arrive We wouldn't eat from a microwave Or a resturant down the street We all ate Mom's home cooking And boy that can't be beat We didn't eat in front of the TV Or with a phone in our hand We weren't plugged into a stereo bopping to the latest band We would all sit at the table Everyone in their place There were never any surprises We reconized every face Brothers to the left of me Sisters to the right That's the way we ate dinner Every single night We laughed we joked we talked we ate We were a family don't you see Though some may have been raised poor You can see it wasn't me We ate collards we ate biscuits We ate fatback and blackeyed peas We said yes sir we said no sir We said thank you ma'am and please So when you talk of family life Or how it used to be Though many had more money None were as rich as me."
