All Rights Reserved. Everyone is so neatly cocooned in their homes. Next door might as well be next state. And often that's just where are sisters are. Our mothers have gone back to work outside the home - a least until they reach 65 years old.
Grandmother is in a retirement community.
Neighbor's baby is in day care while she works to make ends meet or just because she wants to. Ditto for cousin. Like-minded friend is off at her home a few towns away. Maybe we'll meet at the park this week or at a La Leche League or other group meeting. But for the most part, she's home too - alone with her children.