Tiramisu Me
Our house guest left in the early hours of the morning and my husband left for work. After two whole days and nights of fun hanging out, company, fellowship, deep talks, light hearted laughs, a trip back in history, pizza, tiramisu and computer games we have all parted. Well, they have both departed and I am at home feeling lots of different emotions at the same time.
I notice the absence of the others in my home, their physical and spiritual presence. It makes me sad, but it also makes my house feel clean and clear...more spacious again. The physical distance doesn't bother me too much, but the fact that their person hood, spirit, life, personality has gone too is so sad.
I felt at a loss today and so decided to make the chocolate chip cookies my husband asked for last week. If you read this post you'll understand what a build up I've had to my first house guest coming to stay.
One of the reasons I feel sad is because during this time many of the things I hoped for happened, we connected deeply with our guest, they felt free to share with us the burdens of their heart, their stories and their hopes. By doing this, we have become connected to our guest in a way that makes us care more deeply than before.
On a practical level, my husband was really great and our hosting was very much a duel effort. I didn't try any thing spectacular in the kitchen and we did very simple things together. Hot tub, the cinema, BBQ, visit the lake and drive around in the convertible ( a first time thing for our friend).
Making the cookies has taken me the better part of an hour, I've also been working on a marinade for some chicken I'm going to cook for dinner. It's been good being busy in the kitchen, time has flown by and there are delicious treats for the next few days and tonights dinner.
I'm sad that our friend has gone, but really he is continuing on his journey and eventually going home to where he belongs. Hosting my first house guest in US was a really good experience.
I'm very thankful for all the things I've enjoyed and learnt over the last couple of days. I think I'm starting to understand how people who have hosted me might have felt when I left or moved on....something is missing, at least for a little while.
I notice the absence of the others in my home, their physical and spiritual presence. It makes me sad, but it also makes my house feel clean and clear...more spacious again. The physical distance doesn't bother me too much, but the fact that their person hood, spirit, life, personality has gone too is so sad.
I felt at a loss today and so decided to make the chocolate chip cookies my husband asked for last week. If you read this post you'll understand what a build up I've had to my first house guest coming to stay.
One of the reasons I feel sad is because during this time many of the things I hoped for happened, we connected deeply with our guest, they felt free to share with us the burdens of their heart, their stories and their hopes. By doing this, we have become connected to our guest in a way that makes us care more deeply than before.
On a practical level, my husband was really great and our hosting was very much a duel effort. I didn't try any thing spectacular in the kitchen and we did very simple things together. Hot tub, the cinema, BBQ, visit the lake and drive around in the convertible ( a first time thing for our friend).
Making the cookies has taken me the better part of an hour, I've also been working on a marinade for some chicken I'm going to cook for dinner. It's been good being busy in the kitchen, time has flown by and there are delicious treats for the next few days and tonights dinner.
I'm sad that our friend has gone, but really he is continuing on his journey and eventually going home to where he belongs. Hosting my first house guest in US was a really good experience.
I'm very thankful for all the things I've enjoyed and learnt over the last couple of days. I think I'm starting to understand how people who have hosted me might have felt when I left or moved on....something is missing, at least for a little while.
You've captured it exactly in your words - the spaciousness and lightness after guests have moved on, but then the almost empty feeling of missing their presence.
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