Initiate Connection in Your New Neighborhood

Colorful houses and trees on a street.

Don’t wait for the neighbors to reach out Excerpt from But Mom, I Don’t Want to Move! By Susan Miller We live in neighborhoods of isolation – with walls and fences around our yards, and garages that we open, drive into, and then shut without even getting out of the car. Our backyards, rather than…

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Identity Lost in the Move

Blank green name tag: Hello, who am I?

by Susan Miller I remember the emotional baggage I carried after our move to Phoenix. Even though the physical baggage I brought with me had long since been unpacked and neatly put away, I still had emotional baggage that had never been opened and looked at after our moves. These were emotions and feelings I…

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