Lent 2014 - Day 26 - Fire & Wine

Fire & Wine

One of our favorite things to do is to have Fire & Wine.  We sit out in the back yard around our lovely fire pit with a roaring fire and sip wine with good friends.  It's heaven!

The key ingredients to a successful Fire & Wine are:

• nice weather, not too hot, not too cold
• comfortable clothes
• comfortable chairs
• good wine, or beer, or soda
• good friends
• great conversation

Our kids enjoy this ritual as much as we do, in fact the adults around the fire can often be outnumbered by teens (making it more of a Fire & Pop event).  My son has even been heard to say "No, we can't go yet, they're starting to tell stories, this is the best part!".  

That is what I love the most about these "events", the quiet (ok, sometimes it's not so quite) fellowship.

We pass down our legends around the fire.  We teach our children to make s'mores, roast the perfect marshmallow and warm their hands.  It is our version of a Story Circle. This is where memories are shared and made.  It is what life is all about, for me anyway.

So, the next time you see me post that it's time for Fire & Wine, grab a bottle and a chair and meet me, you know where!