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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a village. One friend worked really hard to cultivate it and now it’s a group of families who are truly always there for each other. We text each other throughout the week. Celebrate each others successes, cry together, watch each other kids; now that they’re older, the kids wander in and out of each others houses. The kids are very much like cousins and I have a group of women (and their husbands) that I know I can call on at any minute. I am very lucky but to my first point, it takes hard work to get there. You can do it too. [/quote]

NP - I had this and was the person who cultivated it.  It's hard work AND a lot of luck: people you like that much in close proximity, adults who all get along decently and have similar flexibility, no one moving away (which is what happened to my "village"), etc.  Not everyone can do it, frankly, for lacking the neighbors or the skills to cultivate or whatever.  Cherish every moment of it when you do have it.[/quote]

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