The Daily Hailey

In the recent past, we’ve entertained more people in our home than usual. In the last four days, we’ve had people over three times. This may not be much to some people, but it is way above our average. And I have WHOLE HEARTEDLY ENJOYED it each and every time.

Our guests just left. Four of our friends spent the evening with us, chatting, drinking coffee, and eating brownies. They are friends that we had never had over before, and while I love them all and feel comfortable in their presence, I was definitely tidying at warp speed until the moment they pulled into our driveway.

But they were the perfect people to have over on a random evening when nothing was planned. We ended up in our comfy basement, curled up on couches and chairs, conversing without any awkward pauses or weirdness. Time flew, and they left a couple of hours later.

I feel very blessed by them. Two of our friends who came over tonight are riding something of a roller coaster in their lives, and I am honored that they took time to just come socialize with us. Our other two friends paid for a sitter to comes watch their kids just so they could come for coffee. Everyone commuted about a half hour to get to us. I find it hard to comprehend sometimes, that people would happily come to our often messy and disorganized home, just to be with us. Not ulterior motives. I didn’t even feed them a meal! Yet they came. I love them.

I had such a nice evening. Hopefully the night can be just as good! I’m pumped full of sugar (brownies were a bad choice) and Brady is exhausted and will be working probably his craziest week yet.

Feeling the love. And the adrenaline.