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As I open up my sidder to bentch, my heart is filled with lots of gratitude. I say each and every word with utmost concentration. I move on to recite the birchas ha'oreich, bracha for a guest:

יהי רצון שלא יבוש בעל הבית בעולם הזה ולא יכלם לעולם הבא .ויצלח מאד בכל נכסיו ויהיו נכסיו ונכסינו מוצלחים וקרובים לעיר ואל ישלוט שטן לא במעשי ידיו ולא במעשי ידינו ואל יזדקר לא לפניו ולא לפנינו שום דבר הרהור חטא ועבירה ועון מעתה ועד עולם.

May it be God’s will that our host should never be ashamed in this world nor disgraced in the next world. May he be very prosperous with all his estates, and may his possessions and ours be prosperous and near a town, and may the Accuser have no influence either over the works of his hands or of ours, and may neither our host nor we be confronted with any evil thought or sin or transgression or iniquity from now and for all time.

I say this bracha in my own house, since the mainstay of the meal is bread, I don’t buy this bread from the grocery store. The truth is it’s not always possible for me to buy bread. Every two weeks on Tuesday there is bread waiting for me next to the shul, hundreds of warm fresh loaves, which are sent from the bread distribution! This is the bread we eat for breakfast, lunch and super. We pack up our children with filling sandwiches and send them off to school knowing they won’t go hungry.

Each time anew, the hour when the bread loaves enter our home is a time when I thank H' for these wonderful messengers and I bentch them in my heart to merit all the brachos.

And it should be H's will that you should merit much nachas and happiness all your days, tremendous bracha in all that you do, and all your hearts desires should be blessed and fulfilled for the good.