Good Morning on a beautiful sunny day in Phoenix.
My goal was to sit down yesterday and share some thoughts but just before Church, some Iranian friends phoned to say they would like to come visit. We hurried to the store, on the way home, bought ground Turkey, Kidney beans and salad fixings. By 1 PM they arrived.
After perusing through Photo books on the coffee table, and almost full on snacks, it was 3 PM and we figured they would be ready to eat 'lunch.' I had made 'Chili' and brown rice. I didn't realize my white rice was gone before we stopped at the store. Iranians love their rice as do Fred and I. I knew possibly they had never had brown rice previously but they seemed to like it with the Chili.
Our lunch time conversation centered around their favorite Iranian
food and how they both met. M is here doing a PhD. in Phoenix and A is in San Diego...difficult for a relationship to grow sometimes by separation but on the other hand, often the best to 'test' whether they truly miss one another.
Following lunch, we all ate too much, so decided to walk around our lovely lake across from our housing development. How thrilled they were with that suggestion. Enamored by the fact that Fred and I have been married 46 years and were still very happy with each other; they asked us to share 'how' we got this far and stayed together. A great exchange of conversation followed which carried on back at the house and they were very grateful for some of the avenues we have taken over the years to love and forgive one another. Often the difficulty is 'not' with the spouse but ourselves!
They left after we exchanged all our contact information and they wrote in our guest book.
We felt like we had known them for a long time. How thankful we are for the various friendships with Internationals that we have been forging since moving to Phoenix and being around the ASU campus.
Have a great day...
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