It had to go. I was trying to figure out how. Multiple attempts with our 6 foot ladder and a garden hose were unsuccessful. Wasps were building a nest under the eave at the front of our house. I’ve heard stories of them burrowing through the walls of houses, so yes, it had to go.
I suggested to my husband, Mike, that we borrow our neighbor’s tall ladder to take care of it. “That will be the end of us”, was his response. After I stopped laughing, we talked about the options.
A few days later I got a text from a neighbor friend while I was at work. It was a video of Mike reaching out the upstairs window with a borrowed power pressure attachment connected to our garden hose spraying down the nest. Mike told me that first he tried the tall ladder with a kind neighbor holding it. Then another neighbor came over and suggested the power washer.
This whole episode was another reminder that it is not good for man to be alone. We need each other, and that is fitting and part of God’s design. How’s your neighborhood? Maybe you can be the first to reach out, starting by introducing yourself to your neighbors. They just might become dear friends!
“…don’t go to your brother’s house in your time of calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.” (Proverbs 27:10b
We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation. Because only when we fully realize that the cup of life is not only a cup of sorrow but also a cup of joy will we be able to drink it.
– Henri Nouwen
Here are a few glimpses of the impact of neighbors near and far, one helped me finish quilts, some put on a wonderful local performance of The Sound of Music, and some in Montana saddled horses and led Dan (my son) and me on an amazing trail ride!
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