Rituals
At Time Out For Women, one of the speakers ( Jennifer Brinkerhoff Platt ) spoke about rituals. I've thought about what she said off and on ever since then, but as the holidays are nearing, rituals have been more on my mind. What is a ritual? Google tells me that a ritual is "a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order." It can also be "a series of actions or type of behavior regularly and invariably followed by someone." Jennifer Platt referred to a ritual as something we look forward to and prepare for, something we fully participate in, and something we remember after. In our house, Family Home Evenings could be considered a ritual. We look forward to them, reserve a special time for them, and we prepare our parts beforehand (sometimes). During Family Home Evening, we put down the books, log off the computers, avoid answering the phone. This is time for our family, and we try to limi...
