Confessions: The Neighbors in the White House 🏘️

I swear, I don’t mean to watch my neighbors.

It just… happens. Like background television, but with coats and questionable decision-making.

This evening’s episode featured the neighbors in the white house. He is clearly injured—moving slowly, carefully, the kind of careful that says “something hurts and I regret everything.” And she? Oh, she was already halfway down the sidewalk.

Not checking.
Not pausing.
Not even the courtesy glance over the shoulder.

She ran ahead like she was late for a very important appointment with Not Her Problem.

Now listen—this isn’t judgment. This is observation. I’m a very fair witness. But I couldn’t help thinking: this is how the little things show up first. The tiny moments. The everyday tells.

Because if this is how it looks when it’s cold, icy, and one of you is injured… whew. I can only imagine the future version.

You know the one.

Future him, moving at half-speed with a cane, calling out, “Wait up!”
Future her, already inside the store, texting, “I thought you were right behind me.”

And somewhere in the distance, a cart rolls by unattended.

Again—no shade. Just a confession. Because the truth is, I notice these things now. The small moments that say, this is how we show care… or how we don’t.

And honestly? I’m kind of grateful for the reminder.

If nothing else, it confirms this:
I want to be the person who slows down.
Who checks the footing.
Who makes sure the other person gets down the steps okay—especially when it’s cold, icy, and life is already hard enough.

So thank you, neighbors in the white house.
You didn’t know it, but you gave me today’s lesson.

Also… please salt your sidewalk.