We've had a busy and wonderful summer. Lots of firsts for our son. His first roller coasters, first camping trip, first sparklers & fireecrackers, he learned our phone number (safety, safety-you know). It's been amazing. In the midst of the craziness of Rob taking on a new direction in his career, we've still managed to maintain a very happy little family. Pretty awesome.
Backtracking to the "Me to We" discussion I started in an earlier post, I moved to a new house in a new neighborhood (very different from my old neighborhood) and decided to have a community garage sale. This was my attempt at having the "Me to We" outlook and trying to benefit my community. I made fliers to advertise the event and request donations to the cost of a newspaper ad. I did get a few donations and several neighbors participated. In fact, I had several neighbors who did not participate come by my garage sale simply to introduce themselves and say what a nice idea they thought the garage sale was. I met neighbors, their families, and even some extended families and neighbors from several blocks away. How does this relate to the betterment of my community? Well, what do you think? I think that now I have fostered some trust among some of my neighbors and that, overall, we are a somewhat safer community (even if it's just our little block) because of that. That, at least, is my hope.
I think with the "Me to We" philosophy, it's easy to get taken advantage of. I'd like to talk more about that concept and how to walk that line without crossing it but, for me, it's bed time.
Love and Peace,
Kim
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