Jake

 

Kemah Lake, Hampton, New Jersey

 

Winter 2010

 

 

"You can be a good neighbor

only if you have good neighbors"

~Howard Koch~

 

In the winter of 2010 we moved next door to Jake.

He became one of the best neighbors a person could have.

 

We met him the day we moved in and through the winter he became a good friend.

Every time the sky opened and snow fell down,

Jake would be out plowing snow in the neighborhood.

As soon as I heard his quad I'd start a pot of coffee for him.

 

With out asking and never excepting money he would plow our driveway.

So I found a way to thank him for all the hard work.

A nice big cup of hot coffee and something to snack one.

 

But snow removal wasn't the only neighborly thing he did.

When our furnace was flooded he gave us fire wood,

When Jeff need help with something Jake was there to help.

We were blessed to have Jake and his wife as neighbors.

 

When we moved out we knew we would miss him very much.

Little did we know how much he would miss us also