There Is Always Good

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That daughter of mine…

Loves daisies…loves the movie You’ve Got Mail…loves the quote…Don’t you think daisies are the friendliest flower?..

And they are…happy little things…greeting an old gal as she walks her neighborhood route…one house in particular…spectacular landscaping…beautiful flowers…

And then road construction happened…leaving a barren wasteland but for two hardy souls…making something good out of that sad little corner…

And so it is…the futile search for our cat…sad as it may be…there’s been good…daisies growing out of the concrete good…

Meeting neighbors…learning their names…enthusiastic waves from the young dad as he drives by…chats with the recent high school graduate…

Smiles from little ones playing in the yard…laughing over an old gal carrying binoculars…and sitting on the porch with the most beautiful cat lady friend ever…

While she shares stories of her life…her neighborhood…now our neighborhood…this town…its people…its history…
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There is good…there is always good…beautiful daisy like good that this old gal calls…community…
And this husband of mine…agrees…