Good Luck, Kids
Watching young friends buy homes and have babies
There they go. The next cadre of breeding aged friends, young and filled with optimism having had their bids on houses in New Jersey and Connecticut accepted, ready to stake their claim to the American Dream. We’ve been getting together on Saturday mornings via Zoom for years now — ain’t that a kick in the head? — and also watching as toddlers grew into assertive little people and baby bumps into babies.
About two months ago, two new arrivals began showing up on the Zoom screen. Now they’re old enough to tug Mommy’s hair and need her to make sure the microphone is kept muted.
One month ago, the first of the new homeowners began showing up online from what is clearly the basement work room of his new castle. He’s bursting with excitement and pride. Two elementary school age daughters who now have a real backyard of their very own. And just out of range of the camera, a brand new washer and dryer. No more laundromats!
Whenever the new babies show up on the screen there is the requisite round of adoring cooing. And when one Mommy shared the good news about the bid on that house having been approved, I added my (not particularly heartfelt) congratulations.
Bless them all. I hope it works out for them.
