Thirty Days of Gratitude - Day 4 - Family Home Evening

I have lots of memories of Family Home Evening. When we were kids, Mom tried hard to see that we had home evening each week. Dad wasn't so eager. Mom would prepare a lesson, an activity, and some refreshments. She would turn the TV off and say to Dad, "It's time for Home Evening."

He would respond with, "Well, get it over with!". In spite of the rocky beginnings, we did have some good lessons and activities. I had fun with the activities.

When Robert and Andrea were little, we tried to have home evening each week. We were rather hit and miss, but we enjoyed doing things together.

Once in a while, Betty and I have been were at younger brother, Larry's, home on Monday evenings. They were faithful at having a good home evening each week. I enjoyed watching how each of them had a part and did what they were assigned. They set a really good example for me.

Betty and I joined her Aunt Esther's family when we moved here and we had a home evening together. We both really enjoyed it. We rotated the assignments for prayer, the music, the lesson, the refreshments. We were faithful at doing it with them, but when they moved further south, it became to difficult to make the drive back and forth each week.

Betty and I are trying to have home evening with each other each week. We've been having a prayer, a short lesson, an activity and refreshments. I really have enjoyed playing games with Betty and sharing the desserts with her. We've had some really enjoyable evenings together, and we are stronger because of the conversations we've had with one another. I know that this is a good program and I'm grateful for it.

We are trying to get an "empty nester" group together after the first of the year. Hopefully we'll be better at having a quality evening each Monday night that way.