Friends Welcome: Part 1

Summer is quickly approaching and here at Indigo Plantation we have already had our first cook out. Since we moved here last year we have tried to a do a weekly cook out with friends. I know this may sound a bit crazy but it's quite fun and it's nice to get together with different groups of friends. Potluck is always good and every one has a great time.

That got me thinking... what is a friend?

Merriam- Webster defines the word friend as

1 a: one attached to another by affection or esteem; b: acquaintance

2 a: one that is not hostile; b: one that is of the same nation, party, or group

3 one that favors or promotes something (as a charity)

4 a favored companion

 

Interesting. There are some people that I consider acquaintances and others I consider casual friends. Only a couple I find favored companions. These are the people I talk to about the things going on in my private life. And of course, there is my best friend who I tell my secrets, desires and even my dark thoughts. Everyone, in each of these categories of friends, gets invited to our home.

 

To be invited to some one's home is a gift. Truly an honor. Crossing the threshold of some one's home is entering their lives on a more intimate level.

 

Upon coming to our home you get the grand tour. You get offered a beverage and we'll probably sit and talk a spell. If you bring your kids there will definitely be squeals of excitement and crying. If it's warm out then we will probably sit outside and watch the kids play, the men folk gather around the grill and we may take a leisurely dip in the pool. After that, you make yourself at home. Some don't even knock anymore... I love that!

 

There is one thing you can be sure of. If you are invited to our home you are considered special. You are our friend and  you should take the invitation seriously because we don't invite just anyone. But friends are always welcome!