{"id":1760,"date":"2014-07-16T22:54:59","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T02:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/?p=1760"},"modified":"2014-07-21T23:18:48","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T03:18:48","slug":"creating-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/creating-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That moment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_8357_0322.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1764\" alt=\"IMG_8357_0322\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_8357_0322-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_8357_0322-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_8357_0322-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_8357_0322.jpg 1867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That moment when you drive out the lane for a quick (1 \u00bd hour) trip to pick up the dog from surgery and the moment you drive out the lane a ferocious storm hits.\u00a0\u00a0That moment when your mom intuition kicks into gear and a look at the tree gymnastics in the wind make you wonder what would happen if a tree came down and two hours stretched into three and you turn around to pick up your just fed baby so your husband doesn\u2019t get stuck with a screaming, starving child.\u00a0\u00a0That moment when the rain hits hard as you drive back in the lane and you are soaked completely through before you get her buckled.<\/p>\n<p>That moment when you drive back out the lane for the second time and steer your nearly bald tires through debris as thick as your wrist and know you made the right decision even if the extra five minutes was what got you soaked.\u00a0\u00a0That moment when you\u2019re not even ten miles down the road and you stop because the right lane is the taken up with a tree that toppled and the left lane is taken up by the tractor trailer that wrecked trying to avoid it.\u00a0\u00a0That moment when you realize the accident probably happened in the last five minutes and you tremble because had you not turned around, your baby may have screamed for her mommy for a lot longer than three hours.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/storm-tree-fell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1763\" alt=\"storm tree fell\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/storm-tree-fell-1024x764.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/storm-tree-fell-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/storm-tree-fell-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes God works in the tiniest, every day miracles through a little bit of intuition and the things that didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes community happens over a cup of coffee or a neighborhood cookout. It\u2019s a hello wave and stopping to chat when you\u2019re out walking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_8421_0126.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1762\" alt=\"IMG_8421_0126\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_8421_0126-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_8421_0126-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_8421_0126-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_8417_0122.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1761\" alt=\"IMG_8417_0122\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_8417_0122-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_8417_0122-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_8417_0122-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the night you go walking and one neighbor lets your ten year old target practice with his gun and you band together with another to cut up a tree and clear the road \u2026. That\u2019s when you know you live in an amazing neighborhood.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That moment. 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