Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Remember when?

[Robert Heinich (robert]

Typo:
Leave my cohousing neighbor? => Leave my cohousing neighborhood?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Heinich" <robert [at] enocommons.org>
To: "Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Remember when?


> Sharon Villines said "Cohousing is a lot of work."
>
> However, would you consider living anyplace else?
>
> For me, the answer is I can not imagine living anyplace else.  I was laid 
> off from IBM Feb 2002 and went back to school.  When I graduated in Dec 
> 2004, there was job opportunties in other cities.  I resisted that siren 
> call as I believe eventually there would be another position in the area 
> where I lived.  An opportunity did come along and I am glad I never left.
>
> During the four years I was unemployed, I was buoyant from the support of 
> my neighbors.  When I was taking classes at NC State (Raleigh), a neighbor 
> gave me a ride during the week.  When I graduated from NC State, my 
> neighbors bought me a iPod as a graduation gift.  When I was looking for 
> work, I had a secret benefactor leaving me every month $100 cash in an 
> envelope with only "Heinich Computer Services" typed on it.  There are 
> other myriad acts of kindness that I received when I needed it.
>
> Leave my cohousing neighbor?  You got to be kidding!
>
> -Robert
> Eno Commons Cohousing
> Durham, NC
> where this weekend'd Community Dayz work day will start work on completing
> the upstairs of the Common House.  I will be so glad to say to folks
> that they can stay in the Common House's guest rooms when they come to
> learn more about Eno Commons.
>
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