A great neighbor and better friend

I want to write a few lines about my buddy Tom. Tom and his wife Lisa moved here to South Carolina several years ago and began attending church with us. Later, he moved two doors down from me and to be honest, Robin and I couldn't ask for a better neighbor or friend. Let's see...here's a small list of what Tom has done for me....

1. He let's me borrow stuff. Ladders, drills, battery chargers, etc. I am the proverbial tool borrower and I am thinking of re-gifting some of the tools that I have borrowed from him in the past and giving them to him for Christmas this year.

2. He makes me laugh. Really. Tom and Lisa are both funny people. They have stories that will double you over with laughter.

3. He inspires me. Tom is a great teacher. His knowledge of the Bible is astounding. He has forgotten more stuff than I will probably ever learn and he has a library in his basement that would impress most scholarly types.

4. He helps me. Last weekend, without invitation, Tom brought down his riding mower and gas leaf blower and helped Robin and I blow off all the leaves out of the yard and off the green and tee boxes. He has done these types of things for me before on many occasions (very unselfishly). He also was a major help when we installed the chipping/putting green as you can see in the picture above. OH...snap...and Tom was our first hole in one from the 42 yard front tee box. I have the pictures to prove it!

Anyway, I say all that to say that Robin and I were down at Tom & Lisa's tonight to watch the Survivor finale and to eat some Pizza. I finally told him about this blog and I knew he would probably be checking in tonight or tomorrow. So...thanks Tom for all you do buddy. I appreciate it and count myself blessed to have great friends like you in my life. I hope you and Lisa have a great trip to Texas for Christmas and if you want that toaster, you had better get me some name suggestions pretty quickly!

Until next time...