New Friends

We aren't big fans of our current 'hood. We haven't met many stable people. However, today, the girls and I made new friends. Wandering around the quad as we often do, an older woman was outside her home sweeping her porch. She started the conversation, and it started with your typical talk of the kids and the weather, and soon turned into many connections. This wonderfully pleasant and kind woman is originally from Argentina, Rosario to be exact. When I was fifteen, I was an exchange student in Argentina, Rosario to be exact. Amazing! Her name is Italian so we had a nice discussion about my study abroad in Italy as well.

We soon met her husband and Sofi practiced counting to ten in Spanish with them. They are so sweet! They moved here to be close to their kids and grandkids, and now they have all moved to other parts of the States, so these lovely folks are lonely (especially for little ones). Making connections like this is so invigorating. What shall I make them as a neighborly gesture? Muffins, homemade bread (a new adventure I've taken on that I will post about soon), cookies, hmmm? I can't wait to learn more about this fantastic couple, and listen to their castellano accents, so beautiful! I suppose there is hope for this neighborhood. Of course, this comes just in time for us to move soon... better late than, well, you know.