"SEC-S30W3: Family Bonding Activities"

Welcome to my exciting blog. Since we are in the matter of bonding and family, I’d like to let say that indeed a family that does things together bonds together.

I am glad for this challenge and the knit it’s bringing to me and sis as the only close family I right now. Well, let’s bond… shall we?

Your family must choose any one from the above listed activities and mention which one you have chosen what it is all about.

a walk in the night

Who wants to take a walk? Me and ofcourse I ain’t going alone when sis is here. So I do take evening walks or I’d say night walks most time especially days when I had been indoors working all through like yesterday.

Some of those nights, I walk alone and sometimes sis walks with me especially when we have to walk to our favorite second hand clothes shop. Where we get good second hand clothes but at very affordable prices.

So yesterday when I told her that she should come let’s go for a walk, she was so excited and asked if I was taking her to the clothes shop to shop for her birthday. It’s her birthday week.

Hahah. I wished I could but big sis has plenty money right now. I told her I have plenty money to shop for her now but we can do that later when the money comes. I am owning her birthday gift hahah.

But shopping or not, we took our walk and it was a great time of bonding and exercising .

How did you do it? Explain in details. Who did what, who won and who lost in case of games?

street view

So because there was plenty money to shop, we decided we won’t be walking to the second hand clothes shop but she suggested a different axis behind our street. I had only gone there few times but the street is calm and serene.

Just as we stepped out, power supply was restored. More like the universe saying it’s in support of our walk. Once outside the gate, we took to the left and started walking down the street.

While we walked we passed people on the road going to am fro their night business and just by the left she pointed out a store to me. It’s the store where she mends her clothes. I have been wanting to make out time for her to take me to the shop cos I had some clothes I have been wanting to mend. Finally, I got to know the place.

Sis branching to the shop

Few steps from there she branched to a shop to talk to a man and after the talk, I asked what’s up and that was when the actual bonding began through gist. She said the man is into traveling agency and she bonded with him one of those days she went to buy groceries cos he owns the grocery shop.

I asked who wants to travel and she started telling me about her friend and her husband plans to travel. The story was long and plenty. How the friends husband is in debt and they are looking to even sell their car and land to raise money and also probably raise money for him to travel abroad and make ends meets.

It was a whole lot as we saw ourselves talking about marriage and what people are going through in marriage. All these talk was happening while we were circumventing the streets. Apparently we were lost in our gist and had already taken two turns on our way back to our street.

We saw ourselves affirming that we will marry right and trusting to have a good marriage cos many people are going through a lot in the name of marriage. Cars passed by on the road as we continue walking and gisting. We passed a supermarket around the street and it was kinda empty and quiet maybe because it was getting late.

We continued our walk which took about 30 minutes to walk back home but it wasn’t void of plenty gist and laughter. It was really a time of bonding and excercise and we totally enjoyed it.

What are the challenges of getting everyone together to do this activity together

walk walk walk

The challenge was minimal like I said we get to walk together once in a while. I only felt sad that I couldn’t take her to the shop for some shopping for her birthday but hopefully I will. I would have loved it more if it was a walk to our favourite shop.

What are the gains and how did it benefit your family

Ahhh! The gains was enormous. First we excercised. Thirty minutes walk is a good way to exercise the body and stretch our legs after a long day indoors.

I actually left better and relived with the fresh air we took in and sis also said the same. The night breeze was therapeutic and we also had a good gist. Sis was the gister while I listened and had a good laugh. So it was a double win for the two of us

Who in the family greatly enjoyed this activity and why?

Both of us enjoyed the walk but I’d say that I enjoyed it more maybe because of the heart felt laugh I had along the way when the gist was sweetest. I am more of a listener than a talker and a good gist partner gladdens the soul.

I was refreshed and also had a good time bonding with my sister. Sis also enjoyed our walk but I am sure she would have been the one to enjoy more if it was a walk for shopping.😅

I invite @pandora2010, @dequeen and @tamanna to join the challenge.

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