The River Church Community

As many of you know Shelby lives in a home on the same land as The River Community Garden.  So, in many ways, she is garden keeper.  Included in my bLoG are a few of her stories.  The one below is from Mothers’ Day 09.

“My neighbor Alejandra and her family, who I’ve come to know over the past 4 years and especially because of the community garden, came to the door asking if they could use the gravel driveway to BBQ for their mother’s day dinner. (They live in a 3-unit complex that doesn’t have any place to put a BBQ pit).   I told her sure and off she went to tell the rest of her famillia.  It was about dusk when I went out to water the garden, I could see the family enjoying themselves as they bbq’ed. They had brought out little chairs to the driveway and were playing lively Latino music; they we’re singing and laughing—generally, having a good time. Alejandra’s mom Enedina called me over to the fence and offered me a piece of carne, and then asked if I waned a tortilla to go with it.  Of course I said yes; and then they offered me some kind of diced-onion jalapeño mix with garden grown fresh cilantro. To say the least, it was muy delicioso.  Before the community garden, I would not have thought that watering could be such a delightful experience. But then when one extends a little kindness, often, the return is far greater than one could ever expect.”