What's FAMILY?

We eastern are often proud of ourselves, saying that family bonds are stronger in our region and claim that westerns lack the goodness of being close in a family.

But from time to time I find that they have discovered the essence that produces real families, in contrast with ours that is often culture, male priorities and religion.

Today I was watching one TV program on Discovery. The show belonged to a cooking expert who helped the families that had trouble having food together.

The mother of the family was busy with her 3 children, cooking and driving them to school, while her husband had a job away 75% of the time. She was asking for help.

The expert helped them with a monthly cooking plan, which everyone even the dad was involved; thus made cooking a teamwork and took out the whole burden from mom.

The interesting part was that, the expert said because dad is away most of the time, and this takes away family closeness, the father should cook the day he arrives for the time he is absent, so that the family could feel his presence.

It's so interesting. It is a fact that food is a very important matter in every family. You eliminate home cooking and you take away chances of a healthy family. But there should be family not a cook and a group of eaters.

"After all, it's not all about food, it's about family!"

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I saw them flying in the sky today,

all the trees and all the birds, and I was hurried painting them before they were away...