The Power of Community

I've had some really great experiences of being in community in the last few weeks. In July, my neighbors gathered to give a warm send-off to the couple who had lived in their home for 40 years! Almost everyone from the upper section of our dead end street joined in the fun. We had the opportunity to talk to neighbors who we have never met before and some who we wave to while walking our dogs, but don't often get the chance to converse about anything much more than the weather. I learned that one neighbor has published over a dozen children's books, one makes guitars, and another grew up in a town even smaller than where I grew up.