My wife and I consider ourselves fortunate to live in a great neighborhood generously appointed with trails, parks, playgrounds, water fountains, a swimming pool, and even our own elementary school. It’s a wonderful place to raise kids, and we have three little ones of our own. Our next door neighbors were the epitome of the neighborhood. Not long after I met them, I held their baby daughter in my arms. Their son, Samuel, was a well-mannered and happy young lad who always called me “Sir”. He loved to sing and had a lead role in a community theater production. His favorite subject in school was Chinese. His father was a coach on his football team and once spent a frigid night under the stars with Samuel lying in the backyard in sleeping bags. His mother bought us pajamas and a sweater for our first-born baby. Last night, I learned that the couple had split. Samuel had already moved out of state with his sister and mother, before I could tell him, “You are a good kid. Your parents both love you. Love them back. Don’t lose faith in yourself or others. Life is not always fair. Hurt will heal. Farewell, young man.”
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