Adding Communities

A community.  

According to Oxford Definitions it is a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.  The second definition is a feeling of fellowship with others, a result of sharing common attitudes, interests and goals.  Listening to the Red Sox players about the Jimmy Fund reminded me everyone needs a community.

One of the reasons I have struggled is that I am no longer part of a teaching community including teachers, parents and students.  This feels like a large hole in my heart. This week despite the difficulties of everyday life and a missing cat, I found my community.  Really more than one. 

I have joined the Reading Everyday for the American Cancer Society.  I found some other people who love to read or what to speak about reading.  That has allowed me to remember how much I love having a reading community.  I wish that once we have finished this particular challenge that I could find another one just like this one – on line.  Perhaps it is time to join a book club again…

This was the week where Yoshi took a sabbatical, although now I am unsure if it was voluntary.  (I think he got caught or stuck in an out building of one of my neighbors).  Quite frankly, I was devastated.  Yoshi has been missing before, but we knew where he was, just that he was too frightened to trust anyone to let him in (which eventually he did) while I was away.  This time, he wasn’t hiding.  I was frantically looking for him, Cat Finders Lost/Found in NH was a huge help.  Both people who knew me or people who didn’t reached out.  Even just adding the emojis helped me believe. Knowing that people were aware and looking was so important.  Another huge help was the Facebook page for my town.  People sending messages, speaking with me, being positive for me was helpful.  

My peeps, local and away have always been an important part of my life, but now I feel there is a bigger group.  The Celtic belief is represented as a spiral.  It is in the interconnectedness and continuous cycle of life.  The belief that we (our life) is in constant motion and a journey that continually evolves. To me it looks like finding new communities.  

Elise sent in an interview with Christine Brennan and her newest book, On Her Game.  The book is about Caitlin Clark and looks quite interesting.  Elise also sent in a book review for Fade In by Kyle Mills, certainly a book to catch your attention.