our dishwasher

today i had the great joy of attending a graduation from drug and alcohol treatment. the person attending has become a great friend of mine. he has only been hanging around nativity house for the past few months. starting his first day he has volunteered in the kitchen washing dishes. and what a great help he has been. we had been so spoiled by not having to wash dishes that we were in quite the shock when he left for treatment a month ago. he is also quite the flirt, showering the female staff with accolades dripping with sentiment (think int he style of: "your beautiy is as radient and 1000 blazing suns"). anyways today our friend graduated. it was such a pleasure to be there to share in his joy and support him on his journey, also so wonderful to see how he touched many of the other clients and the staff and this particular facility. he really is such a blessing wherever he is and i wish him only the best.