“The human body has an enormous capacity for adjusting to trying circumstances. I have found that one can bear the unbearable if one can keep one’s spirits strong even when one’s body is being tested. Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.” — Nelson [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bringing dinner back’
Week 17: Seven more days of deprivation
Posted in Africa, dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged Africa, breakfast, bringing dinner back, Congo Restoration, dinner, family dinner, rock climbing, schedule, Whole Foods on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dining with boys
Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged boys, bringing dinner back, childhood, Christmas, rock climbing on December 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.” — Plato After 42 days of daily meals together, I can tell you this: The first lesson about the family dinner is commitment. The second is routine. The third is flexibility. The fourth is realizing that the entire idea is unmanageable yet somehow, every day, [...]
Who came up with this idea?
Posted in dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged breakfast, bringing dinner back, church, co-op, dinner, family dinner on November 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.” — Georges Bernanos I seriously thought this would be easy. I read as I was considering this project that the average American family eats together 4.8 dinners together each week (for full disclosure, I can’t find that statistic right now; but [...]
Week One
Posted in Africa, dinner, family dinner, parenting, tagged arroz con pollo, bringing dinner back, childhood, congo, fresh mozzarella, orphans, planning, vegetarian, Whole Foods on November 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.” — Chinese proverb When planning through Friday, write a list and stick it on the refrigerator. As is often my Monday routine, I organize the week’s food once I get everyone off to [...]
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