Now, here is where my heart is. I want my daughters and daughter-in-laws close to me so that they will have someone to help them with their first babies, to give them relief when a child has the flu and has been up all night, to tell them which kind of cough doesn’t require a trip to the doctor, to fix the crooked quilt they spent all year on, to give piano lessons to the grandkids, to tell them to get home and make dinner and stop complaining, to tell them to not be short with their boys’ ruckuses, and to love their husbands by never speaking ill of them.
Yes, it’s possible to do some of this from afar, but it is the daily things that make up daily life. Life is a bunch of daily moments, and the ordinary is what life is. It isn’t Thanksgiving and Christmas. And if I have the opportunity to be a part of the small moments, it will be a big moment for me.

From Amy’s Humble Musings

Yes. This is almost exactly what I would like to see come about in our family and extended family. However, as far as I can see, the Lord has placed us right smack dab in the middle of Major Suburbia, and I have no desire or calling to become a country girl. I believe this sort of community can happen even in Major Suburbia. It’s the living close together and sharing life’s small moments that appeals to me, and although it may be difficult, I believe it can be done here.