Gifts of Gold by Betty Huizenga

Author:Betty Huizenga
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mentoring, Women, Apples of Gold
ISBN: 9781434705501
Publisher: David C Cook

TEACHABLE MOMENTS

If your children are hanging around the kitchen, they may not only be hungry for food, they may be hungry for your time and attention. Sometimes they simply want to be near you. These are teachable moments. Let them help, give them a task, and take the time to teach it correctly. Each task learned eases your kitchen burden. Or, let them learn from watching you. Prop them up on a stool and have a good conversation.

Perhaps while you are occupied with preparing dinner, your child may feel comfortable enough to share a deep need with you. I truly believe the kitchen is that comfortable spot in the home where the more casual atmosphere encourages spontaneous sharing. Invite your family back into the kitchen and watch as you begin to connect in ways you may never have connected before.

Teaching how to clean up the kitchen is part of the learning process. It is not only easier to work in a clean kitchen, it is an important health issue. Teach your children about using clean dishcloths and towels, about wiping the counters with hot, soapy water, and to clean the chopping block after cutting raw meat and before cutting up the fruit for dessert. As you are working together, opportunities for teaching will pop up. Use them!

TEAMWORK

In the kitchen all alone—chopping, blending, baking;

Feeling sorry for myself while others time are taking for reading, laughing, having fun;

How exhausting it can be.

In the kitchen, all of us—chopping, blending, baking;

Oh, how quickly time now flies, special time we’re making for sharing, laughing, having fun;

Soon our work will all be done! How rewarding that will be.

No longer sighs of “me, me, me” but joyful sounds of “we, we, we.”

What a different kind of tone than in the kitchen all alone.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a return to the dinner table in our homes? So many families are missing the enjoyment of being together around the dinner table. We are missing the opportunity of good conversation, and sharing good food with our family. We are missing the opportunity to pray together and have devotions at the table. We are missing the laughter of a child’s best joke of the day.

Sometimes dinner is the joke! Our grandson, Nick was complimenting our daughter, Lisa on the delicious dinner she had prepared. Lisa replied, “Thanks, Nick! Mom cooked gourmet tonight.” Nicolas responded, “Wow, it tastes just like chicken.”

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