Holiday Loving

Now that the holidays are here what is it about? Well, the holidays are about stuffing your face with food such as; turkey, ham, macaroni and cheese. Of course there are also those nasty gifts like sweaters that your grandmother gives every year. However, the most important part is the fact that families come together to celebrate the goodness and love amongst one another. I know in past blogs I wrote about how family don't show enough love to one another, but around this time of year things are a little different.

One thing about Africans is that we love to party and dance, on every occasion; birthdays, weddings, and even funerals. We also eat like there is no tomorrow. So, we make a variety of traditional foods. I absolutely love the holidays in my house. It is a time when we all get together as a family and make tons of dishes. None of our values change in the process; meaning men are still highly respected. They do not even have to lift a finger because women in my culture feed them and treat them as if they are kings.

Shouldn’t it always be that way? We should be able to act like this all the time around family, on an everyday basis. Why is it that a date changes the way you act or feel about one another? It is like saying “I love you”, why do people say it when they are leaving someone, or when it is way too late that they say those words? It is because we take each other for granted and don’t realize what we have when standing in front of us. It is not right; you should be able to say it all the time when and how you want to say it; that is just the normal and right thing to do.