Would you like some pictionary with your soup?

All this talk about presence has made me re-examine some of the good, and bad, habits my family has fallen into. When I was a new mom, and therefore full of boundless optimism and energy, I promised my family woudl never watch television during dinner. I swore that we would use that time to talk about our day, connect with each other over world events, get reacquainted with the people we lived with day to day. Then...

In this Throwback Thursday post, a mother shares her struggle with finding balance during exhausted, crazed evenings through connection at meal time -- with or without the TV on.