Piecing fragmented relationships

By Babu Ronald

Family are the ones who plod through thick and thin with you, regardless of the circumstances. My family is no exception. Throughout all 16 years of my life, my family has provided me with unwavering support, even when I struggled with an eating disorder.

When I struggled with Anorexia nervosa, my parents prepared a family dinner every night in order to encourage me to eat. A plethora of ambrosial delicacies were prepared every single night, specially for me. However, ever since I overcame my eating disorder, my family has drifted and we no longer have family dinners. Everyone is immensely busy and caught up in their own lives and we have not had a family dinner in over seven months. Eat with your family day is significant to me as it is the day when everyone takes time out of their hectic schedules for a meal together. I find great solace in knowing that this one meal will act as a catalyst for reigniting our once family tradition of regularly having dinner together.

My all time favourite dishes prepared by my parents were the steamed sea bass, oyster omelette , and hot plate chicken decorated with dried chilli. My parents made these dishes every Sunday to celebrate me eating three meals a day for a week. Since the stopped preparing these dishes for me, I have never enjoyed eating anything. Food never tastes the same without my beloved family at the table with me. After seeing what Sega’s restaurant has to offer, I feel that it would be a perfect way to send my family and I back to the past as their menu includes the dishes my parents would prepare for me. Being able to have my family eat the meals I grew up with, which hold countless memories and inside jokes, would undoubtedly refresh my families’ minds. This , choosing Sega’s restaurant was an easy decision to make.

When we had family meals, we would always watch movies, but for Eat with Your Family Day, we have decided to slice things up! Incorporating a karaoke session, board games , as well as a familiar childhood movie. Having board games and a karaoke season would definitely allow my entire family to relax and have a blast! In their busy lives, they rarely get to enjoy and I want this day to be one where they can finally rest, The nostalgia a childhood movie brings will have us thinking in retrospect of the life we once had. I believe that it is through nights like these that we can rekindle our family flame and make Eat With Your Family Day the most memorable time spent.

Family time is one of the most momentous moments of anyone’s lid yet it is also greatly overlooked. People take their precious family time for granted and regret it when their families are no longer around. This is why i feel family dinners should be a common occurrence in every household as this time is well spent and will bring us comfort in knowing we spent as much time aa possible with our families.