“I noticed people were getting emotional and name calling instead of having conversations on social media. Some were calling me things that weren’t true. We are a community and in a couple of weeks we will have this behind us. Why don’t we act like neighbors now? Every morning, my wife and I go to the Warehouse Bakery and have coffee and a croissant. I invite people to meet me there and talk. A few people have taken me up on it. We don’t often agree, but it has been nice. The South is different than the rest of the country, and I have lived in the rest of the country. I came here for a reason. I don’t want to lose the neighborliness. Sometimes we have to back up and not get so wound up. We live in the same community and I hope tomorrow we will be friends again and can move forward. If it’s not okay, in two years we can change it again. We have to survive this. We have lost civility as a country.
I just have to educate myself on a new way to tell these stories
“My grandfathers were coal miners. They raised large families: six on one side, ten on the other. They raised a lot of...







I agree! People need to respect each other’s opinions.