Luella Pavey - Community Artist

I have been teaching the art class at the Arlington after school program for weeks now. I have really enjoyed working with the kids there. They work hard and really do their best. I have one very energetic girl in the class. She can focus but it takes a little more encouraging. She was getting picked up one afternoon and when I looked up and saw her parents I thought they looked familiar. I turned to her and asked, "do you live on Glenn Pl?" She said she did. I said, "I live in the stone house across the street from you." She smiled so big! I drove home and saw her getting home as well and as we both climbed out of our cars we turned and waved, she yelled "hey Miss Luella" and I "Hey Raven."  I had been discouraged that these new neighbors were unfriendly and had given up trying to be a friendly neighbor myself. But now, we have a great connection and Raven and I are sure to make some fun art together.
Maybe this is the start of making art with my neighbors that I had hoped for when we moved onto Glenn Pl.