Four Years As Homeowner ..... Life Is Good

Four Years As CA Homeowner

Four years ago today we made the offer to purchase our home in the neighborhood of Marbella in the retirement community of Oaks North of Rancho Bernardo in San Diego, CA.. It was a big step for us having lived in our previous community forty years. We could walk down the streets and greet most people by name. Don managed a Savings and Loan and I was a nurse in our local hospital. It was an ideal city to raise a family. The schools produced achieving scholars, the churches led the community with great direction, the medical staff knew and cared for the patients with a personal interest. Life was good!

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Since moving to beautiful Marbella we have learned to know many of our neighbors. We initiated efforts to get to know the residents of our street and also that they could become acquainted with others. It amazed us that people who had lived here since the development in 1989 didn't know the people who lived a couple of homes down the street. I enlisted the help of several women on the street and together we organized a block party on the greenbelt. There are a total of thirty six homes on our street.The block party had a great turnout and everyone agreed we should do it again. That was the beginning of something wonderful. We now know most of the residents and can address them by name. Many other residents have also become acquainted with others previously unknown. It also gives us the privelege of knowing who lives in our neighborhood as a safety factor.

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We have to also mention that just a short distance away our daughter Anne and family live. Anne and her husband Greg have developed a web based business called http://www.environmentallights.com/ Both Don and I help out from time to time when extra assistance is required to keep up with the orders. The bonus of living nearby is that we get to watch and participate in the activities of our grandchildren. Anne and Greg so graciously open their home to family activities allowing our family to all be together celebrating many different occasions. Our other two children and family living in northern California can travel easily to San Diego to make the celebrations happen!

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Each morning when we rise and shine we just automatically say under sunshine, "just another beautiful day in Rancho Bernardo". We feel blessed to have the wonderful neighbors that we know on Calle Estepona. They have helped us tremendously bridging that gap of leaving life long friends and starting over again creating a new circle of friends. We do miss our friends from our former community but are convinced we made the correct decision to move closer to our family. Life is Good!