My son who goes to college called last month and asked if he can bring home someone for the 4th of July weekend. It turned out his friend is an exchange student from the Philippines and would have ended up spending several days in the school dormitory by himself. I said it’s okay to invite his friend and that he would be very welcome in our home.

I was charmed to see that the young man turned out to have been raised well. He was very respectful and he even brought along his own Cal King bed in a bag bedding set. He said he didn’t want to be a bother. It’s such a refreshing change to meet one of my son’s friends whom I would enjoy having again in our home for future holidays.