Cyberspace Hospitality

Ten years ago a friendship that blossomed began with a letter and a telephone call in response.Two people took time to get to know each other through writing and sharing conversation over the phone.Soon they decided  they were already good friends despite never having met . I suppose that unconventional way of meeting your soulmate had several important keys to its success.Writing means you have to think very carefully before you communicate and phones are about listening carefully and taking turns to discover each other .
Keith and I discovered we could laugh a lot ,accept each other as we were and  not be daunted by the ups and downs of ageing together and building a new stepfamily . Six months later we married appreciating we had been given a second chance of loving again .

Now we are planning our 10th wedding anniversary trip to Alaska after 10 years of true partnership and a growing love .

Six years ago we bought Finan a loveable, relaxed Border Terrier and sixteen months later his feisty daughter Tilly joined our family . Cyberspace hospitality then played its part again.We met Jan and Stan through a Border Terrier Forum and began to share our love of these soulful eyed dogs.A Cyberspace friendship was built and Mary from Alabama joined in through communicating  over vast distances. So technology doesn't have to foster speed and busyness.In our case it  enabled the sharing of interests ,emotions and our outlook on this 21st century world .

The excitement about our eventual meeting is hanging in the air this springtime mirroring the qualities of those wonderful moments 10 years ago. What a way to celebrate a wedding anniversary !