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"Anytime I need something these days, I just go out to my driveway to get it. Need dinner? Go to the driveway. Need someone to watch the kids for a few hours? Hang out by the mailbox. Errands? Step outside. When you&amp;#039;ve got an entire neighborhood at your disposal, the driveway is the place to be. I was simply waiting outside for the kids to be dropped off after a playdate, but I might as well have been a celebrity at a five-star hotel. People pulled over their cars to see how I was doing. One neighbor offered to cook dinner for my family. Another invited my kids over to swim in the pool this weekend. Yet another promised me, &amp;quot;Anything you need, just call.&amp;quot; Ever since the neighbors found out I have cancer, it&amp;#039;s been this way. It&amp;#039;s wonderfully overwhelming, all this charity and love. One neighbor has organized a cooking schedule so that someone is dropping off dinner here just about every other night. Another neighbor is in charge of making sure the kids have playdates and rides to and from their activities. She e-mails me a schedule every Sunday. Everyone else fills in the gaps. If only we could all have this service whenever we needed it. A bad day is a bad day, whether you have cancer or not. Are your kids driving you crazy during the Witching Hour? Take them outside and someone will offer to entertain them for you. Don&amp;#039;t have any food in the house? Stand in the driveway until dinner is delivered. Did Hubby forget pick up milk when he was out? Flag down a neighbor, who&amp;#039;ll get some for you. After all, it takes a village to raise children, right? And boy, do I have a village to rely on. I know I could never pay back the generosity of all the neighbors who have helped me out. I don&amp;#039;t think I could even write all those thank-you notes; there are just too many people to thank, and to thank repeatedly. So, I am thanking the entire neighborhood right here: Thank you for making the roughest time of our lives much easier. Thank you for all of your help and your well wishes. Thank you for being such great neighbors. Now to make copies and hand them out at the end of my driveway. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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