18 AugGravitational Effects Found in Family and Other Such Theories

Have any of you ever called a family meeting. Perhaps it’s time for family prayer. Maybe dinner is ready. The worst is when there is a family problem to be discussed. It can take a long time to get everyone together. By the time everyone is gathered someone is always frustrated and ornery. Strangely enough, when there is no call for a family gathering I’ve often found my family gathered by some mysterious force.

This most often happens at bedtime. My wife and I have a rather small bedroom. The queen bed, although none too big, takes up most of the space. Now picture this room with seven of us in it. We never call a family meeting in our room, but this is where a gathering usually takes place. I’ll come out of the bathroom after brushing my teeth to find one of my kids lying in my spot on the bed. It takes a lot of effort to get this person to move. When I am able to finally lie down I can’t stretch out my legs because kids are lying across the foot of the bed. Others are standing on the baseboard hanging on to those decorative poles that rise toward the ceiling. Our bed frame is actually bent from carrying the weight of so many people. I’m tired. I want them all to go to bed. I love it. You know what I mean.

A few weeks ago I parked the car in our driveway after driving home from work. A few of the kids who had been with me that day got out and went in the house. I noticed my seventeen-year-old daughter didn’t make any move to get out of the car. Sensing she wanted to talk I stayed to. We talked. After about ten minutes my wife, wondering where we were, came out and got in the car with us. It wasn’t long after that two or three of the other kids joined us. There we were, a family gathering in the car in the driveway. This gathering didn’t do much for the discussion my daughter and I were having; it was wonderful just the same.

These “gathering” experiences have helped me develop a theory. If family is done right a sort of gravity develops. Where one family member is, another will be drawn. The strength of the gravitational attraction grows with the number of family members present. With so many gravitational objects (family members) scattered throughout the house you can’t tell where the gravitational pull will be centered. Often the attraction is to Mom or Dad. I take this as a good sign. It also happens frequently in an older sister’s or brother’s room. Wherever and whenever it happens, the gathering is a source fun, peace, and contentment.