Family Dinner!

"Pass the salt!" "Pass the salad... Would someone please pass the salad... Rachel, the salad!" "McKay, please move over. Please. Now. Move!" "Could someone please pass the salt. Thank you Jack." These are the typical conversation at the Tucker family dinner table. As crazy as they are, I miss them now that I'm eat dinner on the couch while doing homework. One of my favorite memories with my family is when we would make dinner and then eat everything together. Pizza, pasta salad, salmon, mashed potatoes, big salads, turkey dinner, angel food cake, tacos, spaghetti, barbecued chicken, brussles sprouts, German chocolate cake, you name it, we've made it. I've learned to cook because my parents taught me by example. I learned to keep my elbows off the table by being poked my mother's fork. The Tucker dinner table is a place where we learn and goof around, talk about our days and spend time together. When there's eight people in your family, all around one table, trying to eat food and all talking at once, things get a little crazy. But that was our family bonding time. It's a time where my brother's compliment my mom, I can see my dad smile at my mom and all of us, and I get to hear about my little sibling's days. 

In class this week, we talked about different cultures and their values. We read an article that talked about different Mexican families that immigrated from Mexico to the US. One of the challenges they faced was separation anxiety from their families. One of the traditions they had was getting everyone together and eating together. I love this tradition. It made me feel important in my family, and I plan on making my kids feel needed and loved and a part of something important, our family.