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Mary Ellen’s Story
I was just doing searches on some way to have a neighborhood tea or coffee to get to know the women in our little circle or cul-de-sac. I've lived here almost two years and have waved, run over to their houses when they've been outside with their dogs, introduced myself and, I guess forced myself on them. They've always been cordial but never spoken on their own, with the exception of the elderly couple next door and the man on the other side of them. He and his kids love me. His wife speaks...
Tracy’s Story
We moved into our home about four years ago. I have met all of my surrounding neighbors. I know them by name, but we only wave or say hello in passing. God has been cultivating several experiences in my life during the past several months leading up to this. I feel He is asking me to reach out in a deeper way to the ladies around me. I have a new church home and have fellowship with the ladies there on Sunday mornings. My children are all in college now, but my house is far from empty nest...
Do you live in one of America’s Best Places?
Where I live is the best place to take a hike, ride a bike, attend a county fair, or eat a pizza. That's my opinion, anyway - and you know what they say about opinions, don't you? People much smarter than me have actually compiled census data, crime reports, labor statistics and consumer price indexes to determine Sperling's Best Places. How does your hometown rank? How about your dream retirement city, or favorite college town? Type your zip code into Sperling's to compare the cost of...
The Pathway to Neighboring
During a winter that brought feet of snow to Northwest Connecticut, there were hip-deep drifts between our next door neighbors and us. Even now, with fresh snow falling, the slog to get from our porch to theirs is real and tangible. The space between us is physically insurmountable. Winter snow has closed off the route from us to them. We could go months without seeing each other. Without speaking. Honestly, even without the snow, sometimes the differences between us seem too big a gap. We...
Having a bad day? Don’t respond badly.
It was a bad day. In fact, it was a bad week. Each day brought it's own little unpleasant surprise. A car wreck got the week off to a particularly bad start. No one was seriously hurt, thank God, and that's all that matters - but a .005 second mistake by a distracted driver has perhaps totaled my car and led to countless phone calls from ambulance chasers and body shops, endless insurance agency interviews, and car rental runaround. This was followed by a package from our accountant...
