What a great day today was! Dave, Autumn, and I went over to my neighbors' house for a barbeque. The weather was chilly, but sunny. I first met our neighbors Stacey and Ralph when Stacey was walking down our street about 9 months pregnant with her then 17-month old daughter, Hailey. I was holding Autumn at the time, and introduced myself. A few weeks later, Stacey had her baby, and we saw each other again on Halloween. Then she told me she was VP of the local MOMS club - something I'd always wanted to join. Ever since, Stacey, her girls, me, and Autumn have been hanging out over each others' houses. And what's really great is that our husbands get along really well also!
So...anyway, it just felt really good to walk three houses down and hang with the neighbors...a woman I met there said that in her neighborhood no one even talks to each other. Now why is that? Why have we as a society become such strangers to each other? I try to smile and say hello to every person I greet out in public. There is no reason to stay to ourselves and appear cold and withdrawn to the outside world.
We had a great day today - eating, drinking, playing with the kiddies, chatting as adults...and in fact Dave is still over there playing cards. I had to come home to put Autumn to bed - and get to work on this website I am finishing for a client. But I just wanted to write how happy I feel that I live in an actual neighborhood--a quiet, beautiful neighborhood with a lot of friendly people.
And to top off the day? As soon as Autumn and I got home and greeted the pugs, I had a knock on my door, and it was another neighbor who popped over to say hello, and bought a watch from my husband who sells watches as a side job. Thanks for the smiles today, neighbors!
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