Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Some People Never Leave

It happened this weekend.  We were alerted to it beforehand.  While going out to get the Sunday newspaper, I spotted the "House For Sale" sign in our next-door neighbor's front yard.  We have been next-door neighbor's for nearly 16 years.  Several years ago, I took one of their kids on a roller-blading trek around the block and brought him home with a boken collarbone.  I played midnight hockey on Fridays nights with the father.  When I moved in, the oldest of their three children was not yet a teenager.  Now, all the kids have left home - the reason for putting the house on the market.

The "old" neighbors are moving to a new home that is not too far away.  We will still have regular contact with each other.  I don't know that I am up to "breaking in" a new family next door, especially if they have children.

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