It's All About Community

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This old gal…

Got invited to a shower…a baby shower…a baby shower for that sweet chat-over-the-fence next door neighbor of ours…

Party goer me dressed up a bit…nicer than normal clothes…fancier than old-lady-shoes shoes…parked in a downtown lot…gift bag in hand…and suddenly wasn’t sure where to go…

Are you going to the shower?..came a call…a woman getting out of her car offering to walk a lost gal to the venue…

I’m meeting my daughter here…she explains…you can sit with us if you like…and what to my wondering eyes should I see…that daughter of hers…was a familiar face…

A fellow teacher…just subbed for her not long ago…chatted with her while she made her lesson plans…

I know you…came the words…I know you, too…came her reply…laughter…friendly chatter…hehes…hahas…small world…what a coincidence…

But is it really just coincidence…happenstance…or is it something else…the beginning of something more…

New town…new faces…branching out…meeting people…making friends…becoming part of something bigger…

Becoming part of a community…a new community…a kind and welcoming community…

And this makes the heart of shower going me…happy…so very very happy…
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And this husband of mine…agrees…