Week 9 Response

My biggest regret would be not spending more time or losing touch with the people I value the most. My regret does follow the "not" pattern.

When I was younger in grade school, I had a friend that I was pretty close with. Her name is Mickey, we were such good friends. I believe in 7th grade she moved to Florida. We tried to keep in touch with phone calls and social media but it was pretty difficult. Over the years, we lost touch. I definitely miss her and wish I could've stayed in touch with her.

The second part of my regret would be not being able to spend more time with my grandma and great grandma. My great grandma passed away when I was about 8 I believe. Her name was Lois. She was the best. We used to live about 3 blocks from her house and when I was 5 or 6 I would remember riding my bike to her house to spend the afternoon with her. I remember she would pretty much let us do whatever we wanted. She would sit and have tea parties with us. She would hold birthday parties for her dogs. She was the best great grandma anyone could ask for. My little brother gave her the name Little Granny because she was just a tiny old lady. I remember one time my little brother, Seth, got mad at my mom and decided to run away from home. He took my barbie jeep and went to Little Granny's house. Looking back we all laugh at it. I really do miss her immensely.

The other part of this regret is not spending more time with my grandma. Her name was Linda and she passed away in May of last year. She was my mom's mom. She was a great grandma. Sometimes I wouldn't think that but she definitely was. The same little brother, Seth, gave her the name Big Granny. At the time, she was the bigger of the two grandma's we had. She loved to garden. Any type; from raspberries to tulips. She would plant things like beets, green beans, peas, corn, rhubarb, cherries and potatoes. During the summer, we would go out there and help her out. She would teach us when these things where ready and how to pick them. She would also teach us how to preserve them with things like canning and blanching.

I regret all three of these things because these people had huge impacts on my life. Maybe not all in the same way, but they did. The only regret I could "turn around" would be reaching out to Mickey. I still have her phone number and am still friend with her on things like Facebook and Twitter.

Having regrets relate to our theme of community by people having regrets lead to a potentially unhealthy community. Depending on what your regrets are, is if it could lead to an unhealthy community.