I feel passionate about a local school issue so I went to the school board meeting tonight.
Afterward, I talked with two of my high school classmates. We discussed the educational issue, but the underlying story is our bad economy.
'Timmy, I drive around New Ipswich all day and you wouldn't believe all of the foreclosure signs. The declining number of students say the same thing.'
Reflecting on our conversation makes me want to cry.
Last winter was a winter of sorrow for so many in our community and we're leading into another. So few have money enough to feed their families and keep their houses warm.
I remember my eldest aunt's life lesson, 'Always believe what the secretaries and the janitors tell you.'
The classmates that I spoke with tonight run our town's garbage collection service.
Our second winter of sorrow started on the shortest day of the year under gently falling snow.
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