How to Find a Village to Raise Your Children

Everyone talks about how it takes a village to raise children. No one talks about how to find a village. There are all kinds of reasons why people are not surrounded by people who can be their village. We moved internationally one year before my daughter was born. We are naturally introverts and made a few casual friends, but it was only right before Mary was born that we made some close friends. Our family is overseas and has not been able to visit because of Covid. So we knew people here but didn’t have what I would call a village. Until I had a very scary experience that made me realize how important it is to have a village you can rely on. I came very close to passing out while home alone with Mary one day. We just finished eating lunch and I was starting to putter in the kitchen when I started to get extremely light-headed. I lay down on the floor for a minute then decided to get my water bottle. When I came back into the kitchen, Mary was on the floor. Safely on the floor,