We had a place we loved with great neighbors, including the couple in the house behind ours. Unfortunately, she had a major stroke event and died. Six months later, he had died of pancreatic cancer. Then my wife's mother moved in with us to get out of the solitary confinement they were putting everybody in assisted living into. After 10 months, she had a fall that led to a major brain bleed and died. Not long after that, another neighbor died of a long-standing brain issue. We looked around our house and saw just too many places where our friends and family could no longer be. We decided to look around, found a great house with a view out the back yard, some more space and some nice features. We fortunately got it just before housing prices went nuts. We miss our old neighbors but honestly, we were missing them even while still living near them thanks to the isolation that the pandemic brought on. We never expected to move but are now quite happy in the new house.
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