There is a shot in the movie, Edward Sissorhands with Johnny Depp, which shows the suburban residential street where all the houses are from the same model and the shrubs and lawns are manicured and all the trash cans are lined up like soldiers beside the driveways. A model of order and cleanliness. Walking through my neighborhood on trash collection day, we resemble the Edward Sissorhands shot from the movie. Edward comes along and disrupts the order and seeming serenity of the neighborhood.
As I continued my walk, I noticed one house where the youngest son had almost drowned in the swimming pool and suffered severe brain damage. I see him once in a while and he is smiling and happy; his parents have a big job caring for him and his older brother who is just fine, and they do very well. He is an Edward who has disrupted the seemingly ordered and serene neighborhood.
Down the street a little farther and I greet the man from a house that is very well taken care of and he has a Jeep, Motorhome, and Trailer in his yard. He and his wife travel and play in all their RV's. They also go to funerals " back home". On farther down is another immaculately kept place, their neighbor's pressured them into cutting their trees way back because all the leaves blew into the neighbor's yard. Another one has had several strokes in the last couple months. Another one is a Veteran with P.T.S.D. who is brought to his house once in while and he spends the day watering his yard which is mostly dirt then becomes mud.
So, this is just a small sample of my neighborhood which appears quiet, orderly and serene. We actually have a lot of Edward Sissorhands living among us. Sometimes I notice and other times I don't. When I do notice, my life is richer.
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