Recently, we visited friends in Flora, Mississippi. They had just moved into their new home and Ken and I, along with two other couples, were their first dinner guests. I admired the brand new dining table, which had just been made by our host and his father. Our host commented that if we all had not been coming for dinner, the table would never have been constructed, at least, not right then. "Our invitation to host this party forced us to build the table right now, and I am so pleased we did", said the host.
Deadlines force us to complete tasks. Christina and Andrew and the girls moved to Mississippi almost five years ago. Finally, I got rid of all the bones gathered over the years. Turtle shells, skulls, teeth, backbones, feet and acorns, picked up by the girls on our walks and displayed on a cart on the porch. I also put away and cleaned all the plastic dishes used by the girls and kept on shelves in the pump room. Marie, a friend down the road has spent all day power washing the outside furniture and the decks. Tomorrow she will clean the screen room, called the pump room. This could all have been done years ago but now it is getting done...because we have invited four friends to visit and I decided to have them stay in the lovely old farm house. Friends and deadlines are wonderful things.
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