I really understand and feel your emotion in this article, I have never met a neighbour to more than a hello in my 18 years of moving out. I felt the loneliness a lot when my son was little and the days felt long. Thank you for this 🩷
This is such a tender, eye-opening reflection. It’s incredible how easily we forget that behind every closed door is a whole inner world like joys, struggles, small triumphs, silent battles. It’s a good reminder for us to hold more compassion for the people we don’t hear from. It’s a needed nudge to stay curious and kind.
We deliberately chose a neighborhood where the houses have porches and the sidewalks have destinations like restaurants, coffee shops and bookstores. We did this for exactly the reasons you cover here.
I'm sure there's loneliness, but not for a lack of neighbors you can count on to be there when you need them. We've lived here for 39 years and enjoy so many wonderful friends and traditions that bring us together. And we're engaged. Engaged with what matters to our community and what makes life worth living.
I really think it's the porches that allow us to sort out those little barriers to connecting: do they want company right now? Have they eaten supper yet? Would they be up for a spontaneous chat? When you're sitting on your porch, you're setting yourself up for connection.
Thank you for asking. I think I feel a post coming on.
I really understand and feel your emotion in this article, I have never met a neighbour to more than a hello in my 18 years of moving out. I felt the loneliness a lot when my son was little and the days felt long. Thank you for this 🩷
Thank you so much, we feel it too. My kids are little now. I hope people can find their way back to each other, let's give them a nudge. 😊
This is such a tender, eye-opening reflection. It’s incredible how easily we forget that behind every closed door is a whole inner world like joys, struggles, small triumphs, silent battles. It’s a good reminder for us to hold more compassion for the people we don’t hear from. It’s a needed nudge to stay curious and kind.
You said to well, it is easy to forget. We need to start taking initiative to gather people 😊
We deliberately chose a neighborhood where the houses have porches and the sidewalks have destinations like restaurants, coffee shops and bookstores. We did this for exactly the reasons you cover here.
Thank you so much for your comment. And how is your experience with the neighborhood?
I'm sure there's loneliness, but not for a lack of neighbors you can count on to be there when you need them. We've lived here for 39 years and enjoy so many wonderful friends and traditions that bring us together. And we're engaged. Engaged with what matters to our community and what makes life worth living.
I really think it's the porches that allow us to sort out those little barriers to connecting: do they want company right now? Have they eaten supper yet? Would they be up for a spontaneous chat? When you're sitting on your porch, you're setting yourself up for connection.
Thank you for asking. I think I feel a post coming on.
I'm happy for you. I hope we manage to make our neighborhood more connected too.
We will make our neighborhoods more connected.
You've got us pointed in the right direction ;-).