David seemed to have an extra measure of wisdom, insight, and knowledge, but it's his hospitality that I so appreciated. In years past, when our kids were young, it seemed our family spent all major holidays at David and Linda's house in Richland, not for just an overnight stay, but for one to two weeks at a time (and an unexpected third week one year due to severe snow storm on I-90). Fond memories for us. David would always greet us at our car when we pulled into their driveway and helped us unload and carry our stuff up the steep stairway. He showed us to our rooms and gave us the idiosyncrasies of the house we needed to know regarding the toilet use, or parking guidelines... It wasn't what he said, but how he communicated to us that made us feel very welcome and a part of his family.
I had the pleasure of witnessing his hospitality from a different perspective last year during David and Linda's most recent visit to Washington State. David accompanied me to pick up our grandson. After loading Elias into his car seat in the rear seat of my car, David told me that he was going to ride in the back seat and not up front with me because he always felt sorry for kids riding in the back seat all by themselves. He then spent the next 45 minutes in the back seat entertaining a shy one year old by wearing an orange sweatshirt over his head! Elias made a new friend that day.
David seemed to have an extra measure of wisdom, insight, and knowledge, but it's his hospitality that I so appreciated. In years past, when our kids were young, it seemed our family spent all major holidays at David and Linda's house in Richland, not for just an overnight stay, but for one to two weeks at a time (and an unexpected third week one year due to severe snow storm on I-90). Fond memories for us. David would always greet us at our car when we pulled into their driveway and helped us unload and carry our stuff up the steep stairway. He showed us to our rooms and gave us the idiosyncrasies of the house we needed to know regarding the toilet use, or parking guidelines... It wasn't what he said, but how he communicated to us that made us feel very welcome and a part of his family.
I had the pleasure of witnessing his hospitality from a different perspective last year during David and Linda's most recent visit to Washington State. David accompanied me to pick up our grandson. After loading Elias into his car seat in the rear seat of my car, David told me that he was going to ride in the back seat and not up front with me because he always felt sorry for kids riding in the back seat all by themselves. He then spent the next 45 minutes in the back seat entertaining a shy one year old by wearing an orange sweatshirt over his head! Elias made a new friend that day.
