The neighborhood

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What is a neighborhood? How about this for a definition of a neighborhood, it is where families live close to one another and become like family.

In my lifetime have lived in several neighborhoods and there was always a strong bound with the neighbors. There is one neighborhood that we, meaning Mick, Skip and Todd, lived that was the most special of all.

You see the neighborhood had a name, Seventh Street Rule. There were six boys that grew up on Seventh Street and to this day are very special friends.

A story is worth a thousand words. This neighborhood had a park and besides our house the park was the place to be. Beginning the six boys that played every sport you could imagine.

Here is how the boys operated. They would start at our house watching some sporting event, but that was too passive for them so they would go to the park and play that sport. Would they turn off the TV NO.? So as went through the rec. room I would turn off the TV. Then some timse latter as I curised through the rec. room again the TV would be on.

It wasn’t till years later did find out the answer. The answer was they would send someone back to our house, normally Bobby, to check on the game and report back with the score.

These six boys grow up together and had more fun than a barrel of penguins. I must say they were very good boys, but did give all the parents some interesting challenges.

Fast forward and it is twenty years after Todd graduated from high school. Of course he is going to attend their reunion even though he lives in Dallas. He and his three girls plus his friend and her two girls drove to Ft. Lauderdale, in a big Suburban.

Todd asked his brother Skip if he could use his house for a party before the reunion. Not only did Todd’s friends and kids show up but Skip’s friends there kids came as will as many of the parents. A great time was had by everyone.

Now Micki and I are looking forward to Todd’s thirtieth reunion.

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