Avery Ranch Connects January 2022 issue
very Ranch Connects is online social news produced exclusively for the residents of Avery Ranch by Ki Connect, LLC. Our mission is to help our very large and diverse neighborhood feel informed and connected as a community. We exist to share uplifting and positive stories about the families, kids, pets, social groups, charities, events, and businesses that make up our wonderful community. This publication is published free of charge each and every month to all residents of Avery Ranch. We are not subsidized by the Avery Ranch Owners Association (AROA) in any way. Instead, our efforts are 100-percent funded by the publisher. If you enjoy reading our stories and feel compelled to help defray the operating costs, you can donate online at averyranchconnects.com or send donations via PayPal to hello@averyranchconnects.com.
very Ranch Connects is online social news produced exclusively for the residents of Avery Ranch by Ki Connect, LLC. Our mission is to help our very large and diverse neighborhood feel informed and connected as a community.
We exist to share uplifting and positive stories about the families, kids, pets, social groups, charities, events, and businesses that make up our wonderful community.
This publication is published free of charge each and every month to all residents of Avery Ranch. We are not subsidized by the Avery Ranch Owners Association (AROA) in any way. Instead, our efforts are 100-percent funded by the publisher. If you enjoy reading our stories and feel compelled to help defray the operating costs, you can donate online at averyranchconnects.com or send donations via PayPal to hello@averyranchconnects.com.
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Book Review<br />
by Thuy Le, Morningside resident<br />
The People We Keep<br />
by Allison Larkin<br />
“I wonder if maybe all you do is meet people and lose them and your smile<br />
fades the further you go because you have to carry the space they leave.<br />
Maybe it all turns to old pictures on a bookshelf, engagement rings, memories<br />
of sticking stars to a ceiling, and maybe the space gets bigger and heavier<br />
every year.” ― Allison Larkin, The People We Keep<br />
What would you do if the parents who were meant to love you, abandoned<br />
you? What would you do if you were sixteen and you needed to survive on<br />
your own? How would you keep a relationship when all you ever knew was to<br />
leave when things got difficult?<br />
The People We Keep, by Allison Larkin, is one story of courage, empathy, and<br />
self-acceptance. The family you are born to is not always the family you are to<br />
keep. The people we keep are those who stand with us when we are<br />
struggling, who encourage us to reach for our goals, however impossible they<br />
might be, who accept our flaws and imperfections and still love us for who we<br />
are. Family is not always blood. It is those who understand our dreams, share<br />
our challenges without judgment, and motivate us to be the best version of<br />
ourselves who can be considered true family.<br />
This book will make you cry, but also will make you smile. Although we might<br />
encounter injustice and absurdities in our lifetimes, true connections with<br />
people we love make them all worthwhile. This book will definitely stay with me<br />
for a very long time.<br />
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