being together

Monday I had a bit of a wake up call. Not that it hasn’t crossed my mind before, but as I sat on the couch and watched the minutes go by I wondered what we could do to change things around her.

To be fair it was a day off and the girls had just spent the majority of the morning doing homework (science projects), cleaning (rooms, bathrooms, kitchen — you know the works), and their music practice (piano, violin) that taking a break, time to veg was not unheard of.

I made my way toward the couch, sitting opposite Tess, who was playing a game on her iphone (really ipod touch she has no phone service) while megan was playing with the puppy. And then this happened.

All of us ended up congregating to the couch, which is awesome, I love it when we find each other and end up being together, in fact these photos make me happy, but were we really together — all of us distracted with a “device” in our hands? This isn’t the first time it’s crossed my mind, but it was made quite clear as I documented while it happened and was then able to reflect on this moment later.

It’s a different world now, and I, just as much as anyone, rely on my phone for so much, but there needs to be some sort of accountability for the amount of time that one should spend, right? I’m not suggesting that moments like can and should never happen, but lately I feel like it’s happening more and more around here. You shall enjoy exclusive online cheap levitra deeprootsmag.org security when shopping and your records will remain hidden. The last but not the least, massage therapy which is easily accepted by patients for it’s simple operation is also a medium for you and your partner to get connected with each other. buy canada cialis ordering viagra from india Do run the course according to the suggested manner. The good thing is that ED can be viagra in india price treated by taking herbal sexual enhancement remedies. I guess what I’m trying to say and what I’ve been thinking about is when we come together to actually spend time together we should be together. There are far too many times in our home where we claim to be together, but we are really only together geographically.

It makes me sad.

So I want to change it. I want to shift our home so the time we actually have to be together, which already seems like it’s dwindling and something else I want to work on, to actually being together face to face spending quality time.

A few ideas to help facilitate my goal so I know I’m not just talking, but I intend to do something about it.
–first get adam & the girls on board :).
–Linger at the kitchen table. We always seem to have great conversations at dinner.
–Play more games. We actually packed most of our games up, but I’m confident we could come up with something.
–Make something together or have a family project going.
–While reading scriptures as a family use actual books not devices.
–Be more active together (this will be a lot easier once it warms up).

Do you find this happens in your home as well? Does it bother you? Do you want to change it?

Love to hear your thoughts on the topic.

Have a great weekend!