GUEST RELATIONS

OUR ELDEST DAUGHTER,

ANN, INVITED HER COLLEGE

ROOMMATE TO JOIN OUR LARGE

FAMILY FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER.

AS FAMILIES SOMETIMES DO,

WE GOT INTO A LIVELY ARGUMENT

OVER A TRIVIAL SUBJECT UNTIL

WE REMEMBERED WE HAD A

GUEST IN OUR MIDST.

THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE,

EMBARRASSED SILENCE.

“PLEASE DON’T WORRY ABOUT ME,”

SHE SAID.

“I WAS BROUGHT UP IN A FAMILY TOO.”