I grew up in a place that was unlike anything one might be able to duplicate in this era of nameless neighbors whom one might see away from home and not ever recognize...

I grew up in a place where not only did we know the neighbors next door or across the street, we knew the people on the next block and the next block...

I grew up in a place where if one needed help, there was a neighbor or maybe even the entire neighborhood there to help...

I grew up in a place where we knew each other, not just by name. We knew that we were able to trust each other. We knew that we could depend on each other...

I grew up in a place where some names stood out over all other names solely because of the character of the individual....

I grew up in a place where the name Raymond Bogard Sr. stood out...

A famous poet Robert Frost said, "Good fences make good neighbors"...

Some one (I can't find who) changed Frost's famous quote to, "Good neighbors make good fences"...

I grew up in a place where we were good neighbors...

Good Neighbors©
EdwinBrown9®™
10/28/16

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This is dedicated to Navy Veteran Raymond Bogard Sr.

Thank you Mr. Bogard for your service to your country, your dedication to your family and friends, your presence in the Granite Mountain Community and your respectfulness to the Avon neighborhood...