Like a Good Neighbor....

What is your favorite thing to do? I guess one of my favorite things is to spend time with a dear friend. Today, I did just that; however, the circumstances for our visit were not choice ones because her husband (who is also a dear friend) was having surgery and we shared our time together in the hospital waiting room. I am so happy that he came through the surgery fine but I know that he will feel uncomfortable for a few days. (I will be praying for this dear family during this time of recuperation.)

Sometimes, we more often than not, put off visiting with friends. Perhaps we communicate over the phone but everyone has so much going on all the time that we don't take the time to visit as we should. Is this good? I don't think so.

I remember, when I was small, my parents visited friends all the time and we had friends visit at our home very frequently too. In fact, there was one couple who used to visit our home every single Monday night and usually, they would arrive rather late for a week night (around 9:00PM). They were a very nice couple but lonely I think. At any rate, my parents always enjoyed seeing them and would make them feel very welcome. We also knew all the children who lived within a 15-mile radius of us because we, and everyone else, made visitation rounds routinely. That was a lot of fun though. We didn't wait until Halloween to visit either. Visiting was a way of life. Prior to last night, our doorbell has been rung very few times this year (other than the couple of weeks I was recuperating from my catherization and New Year's Eve when we have several friends over for the evening). Next question: have I rung anyone else's doorbell lately? And would it be a welcome sound at this busy time? I think many folks would be so shocked to have "company calling" that they would have trouble recovering. I think a surprise visit to friends would be a fun thing to do just to see the reactions. Hmm. Maybe we'll give it a try. What do you think? "Wanna go be neighborly?"