A Lesson in Community
Today, the girls learned about practicing hospitality in a way that we would not have been able to, had we been in school. A few weeks ago, while sailing the high seas with our friends, we met a new friend. There are several things to note about this friendship - beginning with the fact that this was our 4th cruise with this group and we had never connected with any other employee to the point of sharing a phone number. The story goes like this: Matt and I were up kind of early Sunday morning (that is also of note) and, having spent a considerable amount of time in the ship's piano bar, were intrigued by the scheduled "Praise and Worship Music" led by the piano bar entertainer we were enjoying so well. Would it be obvious that he was just someone being paid to provide "Praise and Worship Music" - or was he actually one of us? We made our way to the lounge for the service and were excited immediately to recognize an authenticity and sincerity to his songs and pra...