We moved our kids from Los Angeles to a small island in Alaska. We get to appreciate nature more here, and we also know a lot of people. We see them all the time, even though we know fewer people. I asked Tim if we would still be on his route after I told him we were moving. He said that he would be on my daughter's route. I live in a small town on an island in Alaska and it happens a lot. I was not surprised. I was not surprised that the garbage guys from our old route sometimes drive by our new place and give my son a thrill. He will shout when he spots their truck. Ross gave my son a toy monster truck for Christmas, and Tim gave my son a small truck. They know how to befriend a small child. When we first moved here, we had a USPS mailman named Tim who would tell me when my husband's picture was in the paper so that we could pick up a copy. I sometimes run into Tim on the bike path south of town or at the bank. We always say hello. We moved away from the chaos of Los Angeles to a nature-filled island. Slowing down made me appreciate nature more than ever, even though I had always lived in big cities. The past few years of small-town island life have felt like living in a social studies textbook. We are being introduced to civics at a basic level. This could feel too close for comfort. If I had grown up like this, I would want to go somewhere where I could be anonymous. I was the teeniest fish in the ponds and I was not known to anyone. In a small pond, I can be a regular-sized fish, and still feel that the things I do matter to people in my community. The high school debate, drama, and forensics team won the state title recently and I sent the coach a text to congratulate him. I asked if he wanted the plays to be used for the team to use, because I had a shelf full of plays that I don't really need anymore. He was happy to take them, and anything the DDF kids don't need, he said, he could pass along to the theater teacher. Being able to see all the links in the chain makes me happy, and knowing that my old highlighted script will be used by local high-schoolers makes me smile. I sometimes get reminded of the old song from Sesame Street, "Oh, who are the people in your neighborhood?" They are the people you meet when you walk down the street. They are the people that you meet every day. It felt like an absolute miracle to run into someone I knew when I lived in those places. I see more people now that I live in a smaller place. I wonder if I was too busy back then if life was too fast-paced for me to stop and chat with everyone. If it is true that this is a part of learning to slow down and be more aware of everyday life, then it can really happen anywhere. The people we meet every day are people with important jobs. It feels like a cool lesson for our kids to learn. 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