Who and what makes up your village?

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

I see you, Nutter.

And I raise you a hip, hip huzzah.

BTW, my village has no Friendly Neighbourhood Spiderman. Should I provide this village service?

[meow]

We haven't been living in our current area for that long so most of the 'physical' village around me is made up more of acquaintances than good friends. They are pretty much all the parents of other children in my kids preschool. It's a very community oriented preschool so we see each other a lot and I have plenty of opportunities to chat and defrag all that day-to-day parenting stuff. One family recently had a baby and I made them a meal and lots of people pitched in to help with school pick ups etc for them and it's nice to be part of a village like that where people help each other out.

The real emotional support I get is mostly online or through skype conversations with my good friends and family. I consider my close friends to be part of my village as I really gain a lot from their support even though they're not my 'physical' village. Knowing that they care about me and my family means a lot and makes me feel I have people to turn to in hard times even if they're not near us.