Sometimes the best way to forget your own problems is to help someone else out with theirs. These three strangers-turned-friends are Asa, Randall and Shelley, swing dancers from Illinois that were in town for the Dayton Swing Smackdown. My buddy Travis is a swing dancer extraordinaire, and asked us if we’d be willing to host them for the weekend. To be honest, we hesitated at first, because our lives have been so stressful lately, and we have our foster dogs still, and… But whatever. We said yes anyway, because it was the right thing to do.
And I’m so glad we did. These three ended up being some of the nicest house guests we have had, and they helped us, at least for the weekend, stop focusing on all of the things in our lives that are problems, and just help somebody else out, albeit in a small way, with theirs. So thanks, you guys. You’re welcome back any time.