Sundays, rainbow, family and time

Hi,

usually, Sundays are family days for me. Like every day, we try to spend time together, as much as we can, but on Sunday, we mostly detach and do activities together. We went to another park in the won, but when it started raining, we drove back.

On the way back, we have seen a rainbow, and my little one, was so happy to witness it. He wanted us to drive and follow it. It was a little hard to explain to him, as he is very young, that the rainbow is only light that is split and there is no physical end or start that one can follow.

He somehow accepted that we are only going home, even if he still wanted to chase it. At home, we went into our small yard, cleaned up the garden from the falling leafs and prepared a part of it for the winter, the usual stuff like putting the table with chairs under protection, stopped the water in the garden, to avoid freezing and pipe burst, brought some of his garden toys in the garage and some other duties.

We explained to him, that even if it was raining, we needed to do this stuff, as we need to prepare for the future. Like said, Sunday is family day, and during this time, we try to teach him a lot of things, which we fought in our lives, and where our parents might have missed. You see, my wife and me, we have been in communism, which was a tough, communism is tough for most people that live in it. The difference to the freedom we have today, is that you could not prepare for anything, or anything longer than 6 months, as resources are always scarce. Communism is not cool, and if anyone tells you otherwise, asked them how many years they have lived under.

Now, with the freedom that we have, we can also help not only him, but also the next generation, to assure them some kind of means to have less of the struggle that we have faced. We want to inspire him, to have a joyful and fruitful life, without fighting for survival. Every generation has its struggle, this is also true, but he can get prepared for this struggle, and doing the thing that matters for him, not needed.

In the evening as I did prepare dinner, we talked about his kindergarten, what he likes there, what does not like and what would he like to do next week. This is for him to grow confidence that we are his best friends.

After the bath, I've read him a story. This is our evening ritual, he has his bath, and we read some stories, till he sleeps. We don't watch TV and avoid TV at any cost for him. Well, we don't even have a cable contract, or a streaming service. We rather spend quality time together, than watching TV. If we have people over, we cook together and have a genuine interaction. No phones, no internet, just enjoying the moment. One of my friends is coming every month to have a glass of whiskey with me at the warmth of the oven. Simple joyful things.

Sundays are for me the most normal days in the week, where time for the real important thing in life is spent.

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