After my talk with my friend last week, I’ve been on a hospitality kick. What is it, how does it happen, how can we do it better? In my research, I stumbled across a quote by Arnold H. Glasow, which says “Some folks make you feel at home. Others make you wish you were.”
I was recently asked to be in the inaugural class of a new mentoring program between current students and alumni at my alma mater, Berry College. My first reaction was excitement at a regular excuse to return to my beloved college. My second reaction, following closely on the heels of the first, was trepidation. What… Read More You’re not as poor as you may think
In my last post, I talked about my blossoming relationship with a foreign exchange student. But I left out one important detail about Natalya. Natalya has cerebral palsy.
I wrote an article a while ago about the pain ex-pats go through when they return to their native land. (Otherwise known as reverse culture shock.) I was thinking about that article this morning when I went to teach my ESL class. Usually all of my students make their way to class on their own, but… Read More The difference between friendship and charity
