If the home is a body, the table is the heart, the beating center, the sustainer of life and health.

Shauna Niequist
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The table is the heart if the home is a body, the table is the heart if the home is a body, the table is the heart For many people, being able to eat at a table with others creates family. The table provides them with food and it’s the meeting place where they can socialize. When they feel like eating, they gather around it to share their meals. The food they eat at that table becomes their body; it nourishes them. They are bonding over that meal which brings them together as family.

Source: Bread And Wine: A Love Letter To Life Around The Table With Recipes

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