Hungry for a Crowded Table
I've heard that it is one of the products of the pandemic. I believe it is a contributor, but there is a much larger narrative. We don't gather anymore. People's lives are busy with work, kids, & kids' activities. I feels like lives are more siloed, family is sprawled &/or wounded, and most of are days are alone. We work remotely, we drive through the car line by ourselves without stopping to chat with other parents, we have our groceries and shopping items delivered to our front door, and then we come home and close our garage and stand behind our tall fences. We don't invite people over. We have gotten out of practice on how to do small talk. It can feel vulnerable and socially exhausting, but since we don't, we suffer in silence. Our mental health is poor. We drown in the daily grind of child rearing and work, but we go to bed each night and wake to do it all over again. My soul's desire is to have deep, meaningful, authenthic, loving & enco...
