Being There

Sometimes you learn a lot by just being in a place. One of our beside the park neighbors made the best (and easiest) suggestion at that meeting last week that I'd  heard all night  long. He said: "We need to be a presence in the park." 

I happened to pass by his porch on my bike on my way home that night. I stopped to thank him, and learned the names of 3 more of my neighbors.

The pool at Stallings Playground has been open this week. I went over yesterday on my bike and found a bench to sit on beside the Playspace. I pulled out my book and my journal and just busied myself with my own stuff. Pretty soon, all the girls in the Playspace came over to talk to me. They: asked about my journal, looked at my book "Half the Sky", wanted to know if I was going swimming, and told me their names.

It looks like I have a swim date for Friday sometime.

SOAR to Success in SOCIAL WORK with me, Laury A. Bourgeois, LCSW-BACS, 2617 Columbus Street, New Orleans, LA 70119, (504) 261-2895, and Chatette Cadrieu, Les Hortes, Route de Cajarc, 46160, Cadrieu, FRANCE, 05.65.11.01.72, [email protected]

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