This morning as we were about to eat breakfast, Emilie turned to me and asked if we could pray. In many families praying before a meal is a given, in my family it is not. It isn’t something I was familiar with while growing up, and it isn’t something that comes naturally now. There is the rare time we will pray before eating; like if someone comes to visit and I know they pray before they eat. But that is about it. Me and Luc looked at each other, we looked at Emilie and we said, sure.

She looked at us very seriously, put her hands together (and showed us how) and then said a simple prayer.

Jesus thank you for our house and for our food, amen.

I asked her where she learned to do that, but in usual Emilie fashion, she didn’t know.

So that left me wondering, if I don’t take the responsibility to teach my children about Jesus, who is?

And if I don’t know who is teaching my children about Jesus, how do I ensure that what they are being taught is what I want them to learn?

Which brings me to my next question, how do you encourage your children to learn about Jesus is your family?

-Tammy Blanchette