Peaceful Life

Hi Everyone

 Happy Tuesday

♥

The past few days we turned our television off

We don't watch much television anyway 

so it is not a big sacrifice for our family 

Ok...
 we can tape our favorite shows

 {TIVO}

 so it is not a sacrifice at all really plus when shows are taped

 we can fast forward through the commercials 

{LOVE}

watching a one hour show in 25 minutes LOL

Every summer our family takes a TV vacation

We all reconnect 

talk face to face 

play cards and board games ,take walks, hold hands

We garden, arrange flowers,eat, have a fire in the fire pit, roast marshmallows

laugh and talk some more

The first year this happened by accident

 The power in our neighborhood went out and we had to make and eat dinner by candlelight 

{this is when we decided to build the fire pit in the backyard}

It was so much fun

the rhythm of our lives changed
for a few days

We did not know what time it was 

Life was peaceful 

 When the power came back on we were all

surprised at

how loud everything seemed 

We had enjoyed the quiet

Every year it seems we all like our tv vacation 

even more than the year before

There is a renewal of togetherness and communication 

that we are all grateful for

It was fun while it lasted 

I am already looking forward to next year.......

romantic saying for today

"Dost thou love life?Then do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of"

Benjamin Franklin

 

♥

Pam