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Here’s where you’ll find your free printable with four beautiful blessings for your family mealtimes, including the song I shared here. No matter your spiritual or religious beliefs, this is a lovely time to just get quiet for a moment and feel a sense of gratitude. Recite a poem, sing a song, say a blessing. This is a great way to be more mindful of what we eat and how we eat, to think about where our food comes from, and to be grateful. This simple ritual gives us a moment to calm our minds and pause before we eat.

Blessing our food is just as meaningful for adults too. Give Thanks to the Mother Gaia A Simple Ritual That Grows with Your Familyīlessing our food with a favorite mealtime verse or song before we eat can become a cherished everyday tradition in so many ways. When my kids were younger, this was our favorite blessing:Īnd then as they grew, this became our favorite and is still our go-to blessing to this day:Īnd here’s a little extra bonus for you, a recording of one of our favorite blessing songs. I know it was worth the effort I made to keep this ritual going all through the years. But then I’d do it, and we’d have just a moment of peace!Īnd now all those years later, my grown kids still gather ‘round the table and say a blessing all together holding hands. I remember some nights when life seemed particularly chaotic or the kids were out of sorts, I would think it was ridiculous to try to pull off a mealtime blessing. Then we would take hands, close our eyes, and recite or sing.

Sometimes, we’d light a candle and pause. In my family, we started mealtime blessings when my children were fairly young.

Start with a blessing and learn it by heart over time.

Have everyone pitching in to help a bit with the meal.

Create a special atmosphere such as a tablecloth, a candle, flowers, or a center piece.

Here are some ideas to create a family dinner ritual at your house: Now I know in reality, mealtimes are not always peaceful! But adding in a simple ritual like a mealtime blessing can really help. Pretty compelling, I’d say.Ĭheck out the The Family Dinner project if you want to dig into this deeper. There’s even research that the more often families eat together, the more likely it is that children will eat healthy foods and the less likely they will be to smoke, drink, do drugs or suffer from depression. The Ritual of Family Dinnerįamily dinner is so more than a meal! It’s a time to come together, to share and connect and strengthen family bonds. A mealtime blessing ritual can be remarkably powerful. “Relationships are often built in the intervals, the spaces between activities, when nothing much is going on.” ~Kim John Payneįocus on connection, not perfection, during these intervals and anchors points throughout your day. Keep it simple and just find a few favorite blessings to add to your day. Don’t feel like this needs to take a lot of effort or planning. The first time I heard about the concept of anchor points throughout our days was when I read Kim John Payne’s book, Simplicity Parenting. We can acknowledge and honor these anchor points with a blessing. We go our separate ways but then we come back together to discover the shelter of each other.Īnchor points like mealtimes or bedtime are a great place to start after the holidays, at the end of summer, or after a crazy season of life. Mealtimes can be anchor points throughout the day because meals are a time when we come together and connect. And mealtimes can be a great starting point. Many of us are trying to get back into the groove of our daily rhythm. Let’s just acknowledge that right now!Īs this episode of the podcast airs, it’s the first week in January, right after the holidays, and the start of a brand new year. Sometimes life gets a little bit out of sync. So when you want to add more rhythm, start right here with mealtime blessings. We can flow from one activity to the next with ease. The power of daily rhythms and routines is that they carry us all through the day. I speak often about how our children have less stress when they know what to expect and when they feel safe and secure and held. Mealtimes are one of the easiest places to add rhythm to your daily family life.

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I’m excited to share with you here the beautiful ritual of mealtime blessings for families! You’ll find out why and how to add this simple rhythm to your day and hear some of my family’s favorite mealtime blessings.