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Do you feel as if your neighborhood is an extension of your home or merely land surrounding your house? Today I wish to share a story about my personal surroundings – as a child and as an adult – and the impact my neighborhood had/has on my life’s journey. Perhaps you will be able to relate. If so, please do provide your story. I grew up in the small, 100-home community called Tauxemont — located a few miles south of…..
The Community Yard Sale is a huge twice-a-year event in our neighborhood. If you like yard sales, ours is considered “Yard Sale Heaven.” Forty to fifty families normally participate; as a result, there are thousands of things for sale. And . . . guess who is in charge of organizing it? The weather last Saturday turned out to be very inviting . . . blue skies and pleasant temperature. Potential buyers came by the hundreds. Participants and treasure…..
When Failure Turns into Success When I was very little, my father’s job took us to Paris where we lived for two years. During that time, I attended kindergarten and started the first grade in French schools. According to my mother, I spoke French fluently (but don’t ask me to speak it now.) I was halfway through the first grade when we returned to the United States. Unfortunately, I did not have the reading foundation in English to excel. For…..