Gilby has always been a great neighbor, it's just who he is. But, we recently found out that Joe across the street has dementia, and his wife, Mary, is picking up the slack around the house. She's 90. So on a recent snowy morning, when I was getting antsy to leave early for work and face my snowy commute, I started wondering what was taking Gilby so long to shovel. I didn't even have to look to know what he was doing. He has such a servant's heart, which is an amazing example for our kids to learn from.
When we first moved into our home 2.5 years ago, we realized that most of our immediate neighbors were closer to our grandparents' ages than ours. This has lead to a lot of opportunities to help out, has been a great lesson for our kids, and has in turn gotten us homemade goodies and pizza from our appreciative neighbors. Plus, turns out that people in their 70s, 80s, and 90s are pretty darn quiet. Works for me!
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