We ALL Need a Village.
…Virtual, real, or some combination thereof. We extremely single women have “villages” of friends who may or may not live close, but are always there for us when needed. These villages become even more important as we age. (I LOVE living alone, but what happens if I fall and really can’t get up? No joke or punch line there.) Despite what some of us would like to think, nobody survives, much less thrives, totally alone. We need our villages. But what happens if the village itself needs help? Last fall, in my ongoing qwest for community (and how to help communities), I attended SOBCon Northwest in Portland. Its entire theme was about how to give back, help…do well by doing good. I learned a lot, laughed even more (yes, martinis were involved), and came...
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