fureverywhere
beloved friend who will always be with us in spiri
- Location
- Northern NJ, USA
How times have changed with neighbors. Well it depends where you live of course. But some neighborhoods and housing complexes are so transient people don't know families right next door sometimes. When my in-laws had this house other people on the block had moved in roughly the same time. Unless folks passed on or retired elsewhere this was your house for a lifetime.
The house to the left of ours in an exception. This woman and her partner have been here possibly before I even met my husband. That was 1986, so bless her it's been a long time. Hubby's brother was one of those monster kids who threw fireworks, smoked dope on the roof, got the police here on a regular basis. Not the ideal situation for her I'm sure. Then we moved in and it was more peaceful, but we still had the dogs.
After the falling out over the pups it hurt. But then I realized, while they're lambs with us, to people outside the fence they can be scary. Now they always have someone keeping them in control. But I felt embarrassed and tried to avoid that neighbor. That's why it surprised me so much on the day Levon died. That neighbor and her partner cared enough to put him in a clean box and hide it so my daughter wouldn't see him.
At the time I was reeling from the whole thing. But I write better than I talk sometimes. I wrote a short thank you telling her how grateful I was that she gave Levon that dignity at the end. Also it was kind of her to think of my daughter. Really...they didn't have to but they did. I sent the note and some of our fresh tomatoes. She stopped by yesterday and said thank you, I thanked her back.
The house to the left of ours in an exception. This woman and her partner have been here possibly before I even met my husband. That was 1986, so bless her it's been a long time. Hubby's brother was one of those monster kids who threw fireworks, smoked dope on the roof, got the police here on a regular basis. Not the ideal situation for her I'm sure. Then we moved in and it was more peaceful, but we still had the dogs.
After the falling out over the pups it hurt. But then I realized, while they're lambs with us, to people outside the fence they can be scary. Now they always have someone keeping them in control. But I felt embarrassed and tried to avoid that neighbor. That's why it surprised me so much on the day Levon died. That neighbor and her partner cared enough to put him in a clean box and hide it so my daughter wouldn't see him.
At the time I was reeling from the whole thing. But I write better than I talk sometimes. I wrote a short thank you telling her how grateful I was that she gave Levon that dignity at the end. Also it was kind of her to think of my daughter. Really...they didn't have to but they did. I sent the note and some of our fresh tomatoes. She stopped by yesterday and said thank you, I thanked her back.
