Twenty years ago today, my first official Bed and Breakfast guests
arrived. We bought this beautiful old home the year prior and had been
renovating it, room by room, to get it ready as a B&B. Another innkeeper in
town had called me the week before and told me she was sending a family to stay
with us. When I told her I wasn’t ready, she said, “Get ready, because they’re
coming.”
Those first guests were so incredibly kind, appreciative,
and fun, I knew I was on to a great adventure with this B&B. I was not
wrong.
During the past 20 years we’ve had over 11,000 guests stay
with us, from all over the world. I’ve had the privilege of welcoming people
who share different political, religious, economic, social, and philosophical
views. I’ve had the honor to sit with royalty and I’ve had the honor to sit
with a homeless person. Everyone has a story, and if we are open, we feel that
human connection, and we are made better for it.
Thank you, my wonderful guests, for allowing me to share
this ride of life with you. I am grateful beyond measure.
