Friday, March 9, 2018

Kindness and the Good Neighbor

“When one neighbor helps another, we strengthen our communities.”
~ Jennifer Pahika

I have a friend who I think of as the quintessential good neighbor.  It first occurred to me when I was at her house one day and someone stopped by to borrow something along the lines of a cup of sugar.  Very Mrs. Cleaver, not so 21st century.  Fast forward to this week.  Someone called me to ask if I knew how or where they could get candles for a memorial vigil for a teenager who unexpectedly passed away.  I didn’t know, but I asked my good neighbor friend.  Not long after I texted her, another friend called and said that she had heard from my good neighbor friend that I was looking for candles.  I put that person in touch with the person who had initially called me, and the young woman who was planning the memorial now had her candles.

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