A table grace is a small prayer of gratitude—or table grace is the quality of a table that is set with love and attention, which invites guests in through the grace of its arrangement. Either way, table grace is a way of making a meal a moment of connection and care.
How do you express grace at the table?
Father’s Day is a good time to honor those who have carried us literally or figuratively on their backs, whether or not those people were actually our fathers.
Who do you honor this Father’s Day?
“Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you—gently, with love, and hand your life back to you.”
—Tennessee Williams
Who has handed your life back to you?
The swan is our perfect image of grace—the long, elegant neck, the snowy plumage, the stately effortless movement through the water. Until the swan chooses to exit the water, and shows its ungainly waddle. It turns out that for even those who seem to move through life with the most grace, it depends a lot on what moment you’re looking.
When do you feel at your most graceful?
Snakes shed their skins in a tidy moving forward that leaves a complete image of the old snake behind. But change isn’t always that neat. Sometimes bits and pieces peel away at different rates and times, leaving you looking raggedy around the edges—but with room to grow inside.
What of your assumptions or beliefs do you find are slowly, raggedly peeling away?
