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Tuesday (but really Monday)

Today feels like Monday to me because my parents left yesterday and Josh took a half day so it was still like weekend. Mom and Chuck came for the weekend and we all took the kids to a farm. Emma loved petting the goats and Josiah chased a cat around. There were two lambs also which were so cute. On Sunday Josh and I DJed a Messianic Jewish wedding. It was beautiful and a very interesting cultural experience. They did the chair dance and a bunch of circle dances. I love seeing other cultures in action, but this was particularly interesting because it is our spiritual heritage as well. There was a lot of "old-testamenty" things. It was very cool. Also everyone called Jesus Yeshua. At dinner Josh and I sat at a table of fabulous young people. They were college aged and I was amazed at their social skills. I don't mean to be snotty or anything, but it does seem more and more rare to find young people with good social skills. (What I mean by good social skills: make conversation with the people around you even if you've never met them. Start by introducing yourself, firm hand shake, eye contact. Don't make the whole conversation about you. Ask questions, find common interests and discuss them. Show interest in what the other person is saying. Include those around you, don't talk only to one person.) Those young people were amazing and I enjoyed myself so much with them. As Josh and I arrived last we weren't sitting together which would normally make me feel funny since I didn't know anyone else, but they put me right at ease and we all had a great time. What a difference manners can make in people's lives. It is so much easier for those who are naturally shy to be in company if we have manners and social skills to fall back on.

posted by Liz @ 11:15 AM