“Come over tomorrow for hot cider and donuts!” a simple, last-minute invitation pinged on my phone. It was from some neighbors. Inspired by National Good Neighbor Day, they had spent the autumn afternoon texting neighbors and delivering paper invitations to neighbors they didn’t have the phone numbers for.  In its...

I had just moved to a rural community three hours away from home when I made a call to my grandma. I filled her in on my husband’s new job, our home renovation projects, and our plans for the future. She listened and supported as grandmothers do, but her first...

I lived through 41 National Good Neighbor Days (Sept. 28) before lifting a finger to help or celebrate a neighbor. In hindsight, this was a serious oversight. When I first learned about the holiday in 2018, it took me several days to decide what to do. I did not want...