Quote Originally Posted by Catty1 View Post

I hope we can all look out for each other.
Yes, I hope so, too, Candace. To take a line from the Tudors: "It's a slippery world we live in". Living alone as I do and thousands of miles from my son and having only one sister who lives hundreds of miles away, it's scary to think that I really have no one to say "Hey, where's Mary been? Think we should check on her?" I have friends, of course, but they're all busy w/their own lives. I do my best to check on my friends rather than feel sorry for myself. I don't mean to make this about me, though. I guess I'm just saying that I'd like to get some of the old days back when we all really did look out for each other. Since I bought this house a little over 3 years ago, I've tried to get to know my neighbors without much success. Out of all the houses, I've only become friends w/the people to my left and w/the woman across the street. It used to be that we knew everyone in the neighborhood and we all pitched in and helped one another. Not so much anymore. So how can we possibly tell when someone is suffering and possibly ready to have a psychotic break or a nervous breakdown or whatever? We can only hope the families pay close attention.