Work Work Work

Think back to the early years. Really any time up until the mid 90's, and think about families and what they usually did together and how they strived together. Now think about your own family. Did you do everything together? Did you work hard together? Did you play together?
   In the earlier years, families worked all together, all of the time.  When they had farms or businesses, they didn't hire outsiders, they used their family members. They didn't just sit around together and watch a movie, they milked the cows and worked on the farm. (Well if you're from around here.)
     It is proven that working together shoulder to shoulder builds a closeness or bond. Especially for boys. That's usually when they "talk" about things that they would feel uncomfortable saying in a regular dinner table setting.
   When I have a family of my own, I want to make sure we are doing work together. Working on the yard, garden, house chores, anything that can be done together. I want that closeness that it can build.
   Growing up, every summer, as a family we planted our garden. Then every week we each had a row to weed. I love thinking about those times. Everyone was outside spending time together and they weren't with all of their friends. I loved those summers. Working together really does build friendships.