AN OASIS IN THE DESERT

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

I hope she is right. I want her to be.

Our friend said, "Your home is an oasis. We seem to always be visiting after a death in our family or problems back home."

This time they were coming from Texas where they had gone for a memorial service for a dear relative. They stopped off in Arizona on their way back to California.


So if you have come to my blog and wondered where I was or if you have missed me visiting your blog, it is because we have been busy enjoying the company of dear friends.

I don't see our home as an oasis but we do try to offer genuine hospitality: (1) We drop our routine and try to create a schedule more encouraging to our friends. (2) We alter our eating schedule, style and choice of food. (3)We don't watch our favorite sports, news, etc. on T.V. unless everybody wants to watch. And we don't force our wonderful family DVD's on them. Although we would dearly love to. The bottom line is we try not to do anything to annoy the daylights out of them and make them never want to come back  but to provide a place of refuge and rest where they know they are loved and cared for.

Charlotte and I find joy in being able to open our home to our friends and loved ones. It gets us out of a rut and onto the open road of new adventures. But it does take us away from the daily and the usual---which is good. But that's where we have been. We hope you missed us. We missed you!