Neighbours

Neighbours, getting to know our Neighbours, building friendships with our Neighbours definitely brings us Joy. 

Neighbours defined as “a person living next door to or very near to the speaker or person referred to”, “is a person who lives nearby, normally in a house or apartment that is next door or, in the case of houses, across the street, some people form friendships with their neighbours, and help them by sharing their tools and helping with gardening tasks”. 

Our friendship with our Neighbours next door has brought us Joy - my children love our neighbour and her dog Bella.  Our neighbour spends Christmas Day with us and Easter and our Birthdays.  Our neighbour organises Easter Hunts in her garden for our children.  Our neighbour is in our Book Club.  Our neighbour, our friendship brings Joy.

Over the last year we have built friendships with our Neighbours - our neighbour with the chickens and the herbs and good conversation about composting, our neighbour with the little boy who has become one of my son’s best friends, the  neighbour who lives on his own and is always friendly and who enjoyed my soup and frittata last year and now the Neighbours across the road who was so kind to let us use their pool while they were on holidays.  Building friendships, getting to know our Neighbours, has brought us Joy, brings us Joy.

On Christmas Eve we walked around to our Neighbours wishing them Merry Christmas, handing our crackers and my darling girl sang Christmas carols.  It was a great time and filled us with Joy. 

I grew up in a culdesac which was fantastic as a way to hang out with Neighbours - we had freedom and fun and friendship.  Now we live on a main road and yet it has been exciting for us to get to know our Neighbours across the street and up and down the street.  We are committed to creating Joy in our neighbourhood and embracing the opportunities to bring Joy to our family too.