Company

We don't invite people over very often. In fact, hardly ever at all. I am ashamed to say it's because I am afraid I will be embarrassed by my lack of housekeeping skills. While the house is not dirty, it is cluttered with piles of things here and piles of things there. Usually the kitchen counter is covered with dirty dishes, empty milk jugs, and soda cans/bottles. If we do invite someone over, I clean for a week before they get here and am still afraid I forgot to clean away all the cobwebs and dust. But tonight my brother Keith, and his friend Connie, came for supper. They live in Kansas City and had come down to put flowers on Mom and Dad's graves as well as go through the house to get see what was left of our parents' things. I knew for two weeks that they would be down today. To be perfectly honest, I was feeling very uneasy about this visit. I hadn't seen Keith for over a year and I really didn't know how things would go. I wasn't sure how I would feel about having him for supper. He had never been to our house--we've been in the house for almost 10 years. I've come to realize that the past is the past. We can't change what has already happened. And family is important. Praise God that He has helped me see this more clearly. We had a good visit tonight. I fixed a big meal that was enjoyed by all, and I am very glad that I invited them for supper. I fixed "Granny's Meatballs", a dish that our Granny made a lot. There is no real recipe--it's just some of this and some of that, but it's a dish that has passed from generation to generation. We all really like this dish. We also had corn on the cob, mashed potatoes, salad, hot rolls and dewberry cobbler. I think my other brother, Glenn, will be down in a couple of weeks. I'll have to get him to stay for supper, too!