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As we read The Illiad ans The Odyssey, and learned about Xenia and how important that was to the God's and how important it was to the Greek lifestyle, I never really thought much about how it could apply to our lives today.  In this day and age it just completely seemed unreasonable to just welcome any old person into our home and basically give them access to everything we have.  Then when I read the scriptures assigned for Tuesday's class, Matthew 25: 35-46, as soon as I read "For I was an hungred, and yea gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in." -  Matthew 25:35, the first thing I thought of was Odysseus travelling on his way home, counting on the good Xenia of strangers to get him through it.  I found that quite interesting because it never occured to me in the opposite respect.  As I was reading The Odyssey, I never thought of this scripture, and never realized how similar that was to the way the Greek God's were. 

Epithets of Christina

Well, I suppose this is me:

Mother of two:  That pretty much says it, I am lucky enough to have 2 of the most amazing little
                                boys in the world! My oldest will turn 6 next month, and my baby just turned 1!

Happy little wife:  My husband and I just celebrated our 7th anniversary, and every year it just

                                      gets better and better!

Stronger than I knew:  My oldest son was born prematurely at 23 weeks and 6 days gestation, was 1 lb 9 oz and 12 inches long and spent over 130 days in the NICU before he came home.  I have grown so much since that day, have become closer to my husband; closer to my Father in Heaven; and have a unique perspective now on just how precious life is, how to enjoy every little moment we have together, how quickly it can change and how thankful I am for the knowledge I have that if anything were to happen we would still be a family forever.  I am so thankful for everyday I have with this amazing little boy, and have become such a better person because of him.  My new little guy was also born early at 31 weeks 1 day, but thankfully was a very smooth sailing NICU stay of only 6 weeks. 

California Girl:  I love California, and still consider it my homeland (even though I haven't lived there permanently in over 10 years).  The sound and smell of the ocean immediately calm my soul, make me smile and think happy thoughts.  I love ocean animals, which is also something that my oldest son has also developed a love for much to my delight.