Actually, I have always had pretty good luck with neighbors. We did have one crotchety, cranky old man a few doors down when our kids were little. He yelled at them for walking on his lawn and ‘climbing’ his chain link fence. By ‘climbing’ I mean touching and holding onto it.   I think I chewed him out one time.  His name was Mr. Wilson. Really. 

But this quote isn’t just talking about real neighbors, it’s talking about people you are familiar with, maybe even were/are friends with.  I mean, when you think about it, how many of us have ever had an enemy who was a stranger?  All the vast numbers of celebrities who read my blog, I understand you can have stalkers and angry people who you don’t know, but for all us non-celebrities, it’s a good chance the enemy is our ‘neighbor’.


How to love them when they are so annoying, that’s the question! How do you do it?




One year ago today at The Napkin Dad Daily – Sports do not build character, they reveal it.