A Family Visit

The call was about 30 hours before their ETA (estimated time of arrival). It was our niece who has often called before and is a good visitor. They were on the road and would be checking into a motel on Saturday that was within a day's travel of our home. Usually that elicits an immediate invitation from Carolyn and/or Tiffany. This time we waited a couple of beats and, sure enough, Tammy asked if she and the family could spend Sunday afternoon visiting us. Carolyn suggested that our hours should straddle dinnertime so we could get twice the effectiveness for our having them with us.

The first thing we did after hearing from Tammy was to call up Edward and ask him and his family to dinner the next day. When he said yes, mom asked him whether it was more practical at his home or over at our house (the correct answer was "their place").



We got another call when Tammy and Dwayne were about an hour away. That gave us enough time to set the tables up then set the tables. It did work out beautifully as their kids ages sort of "interlace" with those of Ed and Tiff's.

Three hours later, well fed and well visited, Tammy and family were on their way and we were close to back to normal.

Thanks, Tammy, for visiting us. We enjoyed your kids. They were very courteous and well behaved. Please come by again.