I was out walking my dogs in the early twilight last night and saw my sweet
neighbor struggling with some branches in her driveway.
She has been rapidly declining since her husband died,
and she could not remember if any of the neighbors had a key,
but she had locked herself out
*sometime in the afternoon*
and waved me off,
assuring me that she was fine.
I quickly called all of the at home neighbors
and we convinced her to go to Joan's house to see her new
birdfeeders.
My other neighbor said she had seen her out after church and that she looked awfully
hot and tired, then.
After a dozen phone calls I finally got the Longtime Friend
who has a key to the house...
(her number is now on my LIST!)
who came right over to get her and thanked me about a
hundred times for being so compassionate.
Honestly, I wasn't going to just
LEAVE her out there....
sigh.
Do something neighborly if you have the chance....
we all need all the help we can get!