Won't You Be My Neighbor?

If we were neighbors, I would borrow things.  Probably many things.  Hence, the inspiration for my blog title of Some Borrowed Thyme.  I'm pretty sure I currently have thyme in my spice cabinet, but here are a few things I don't have, or haven't had in the past, causing me to turn to my faithful neighbor and friend, Kim.  She has always been able to help me in a pinch.

1. A humidifier
2. Sugar
3. Flour
4. A can of cream of chicken soup
5. Eggs (of course!)
6. An air mattress
7. A tire pump
8. Jumper cables

I'm sure there are more things I've borrowed from Kim, but because she's such a wonderful friend, she wouldn't even be able to tell you what they were.  Nor would she probably be able to list 5 of the 8 things I just listed.  She simply loans without blinking an eye.  She is a great neighbor!

We moved recently, and I lost my wonderful neighbor.  I am so very glad she is still my friend, though!  We're trying to work out our schedules so that we can get together more, but it's not the same as being able to just walk out my front door when I see her van drive down the street. 

If we were neighbors, I could also loan you some things.  Here are the things you could count on me having to loan you:

1. Milk
2. Butter
3. Canned tomatoes
4. A shoulder to cry on
5. A listening ear
6. A walking buddy
7. A joke
8. A funny/embarassing story to tell you
9. A short-notice babysitter
10. A pet sitter
11. A Friendship (well, you can just keep this!)

I don't know any of my neighbors right now, but hopefully I will be able to get out and meet them soon.  Surely I will run out of SOMETHING, and will have nowhere to go if I don't.

Won't you be my neighbor?