part of the definition from www.merriam-webster.com
I would like to add one more.
A group of people working together for the benefit of each individual and the Group as a Whole.
Why am I writing this do you ask? I have witnessed a community, though small, of neighbors coming together - again.
We have wonderful couple two houses down whom we have known and loved for almost 6 years. They moved away last year, he went to Iraq in the National Guard, she went to their vacation home in North Carolina to wait for her man and discover a little more about herself. We kept in touch though very sporadic, hey lets face it, it was a rough year for them.
Now they are home. They have grown a lot and learned a lot but there is one thing that has not changed, our friendship and their huge hearts.
Jim and I are the kind of people who help out. We just do, if we can do something for someone - we do it.
Jim and I are the kind of people who help out. We just do, if we can do something for someone - we do it.
We take care of ourselves and those whom we care about and sometimes even those we don't know.
This is how we came to know Rick and Dawn.
They are the same.
Yesterday I watched Rick come to our house and weld a piece of metal onto our garage door, to fix it. He and Jim worked together, had a couple of beers and good conversation and got the job done. Rick then went to another neighbors house to trim up their coconut tree. All before dinner, AND after working all day.
Tonight Jim will go to their house to wire and hang a light over their pool table, not an easy task but one he is looking forward to doing.
This is our little community, a very small part of it as things like this happen on a weekly basis.
We help each other, we look out for one another, we love one another, we work and play hard.
We don't take score.
Somehow in the midst of a crazy busy life, and a crazier world we have a sane little community right here on our corner.
Life is Good.
So very, very good!
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